Kabul City Center
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Kabul City Center is Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...

's first modern-style indoor shopping mall that opened in 2005. It is approximately nine stories tall and is located in downtown Kabul
Kabul
Kabul , spelt Caubul in some classic literatures, is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. It is also the capital of the Kabul Province, located in the eastern section of Afghanistan...

. The mall is equipped with escalators and see-through elevators.

For security, the mall's glass windows are explosive resistant. Visitors are screened by metal detectors before being allowed to enter. The screening stopped a suicide bomber from entering the mall on 14 February 2011.

The top six floors of the mall is part of the Safi Landmark Hotel
Safi Landmark Hotel
Safi Landmark Hotel is a hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan.It is a four star hotel, and located approximately 15 minutes by road from Kabul International Airport....

, which is owned by a Dubai
Dubai
Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...

based hotel and resort company.
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