The Taliban are taking over the operations of Afghanistan’s only luxury hotel in Kabul, more than a decade after they launched a deadly attack there that killed nine people. The Serena Hotel said Friday it was closing its operations in the Afghan capital on Feb.

Afghanistan’s Taliban government has taken over the management of the prestigious Kabul Serena Hotel, a luxury property previously operated by the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED) for nearly 20 years.

The management of Kabul's famed Serena hotel has been taken by Afghanistan's Taliban government on Saturday, read a hotel statement, a luxury property which saw several attacks during the

The Serena Hotel said Friday it was closing its operations in the Afghan capital on February 1, with the Hotel State Owned Corporation taking over. The corporation is overseen by the finance ministry.