2008 Kabul Serena Hotel attack

The 2008 Kabul Serena Hotel attack was a terrorist attack carried out by the Taliban on the gym of the Kabul Serena Hotel, in Kabul, Afghanistan on 14 January 2008. The attack claimed six lives, including Norwegian journalist Carsten Thomassen.

The Kabul Serena Hotel is a five-star hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan, belonging to Serena Hotels, designed by the Montreal-based Group Arcop Architects and since its reopening in 2005 has been used by international media crews and politicians. The hotel also houses the Australian embassy in Afghanistan.

A Norwegian delegation under Foreign MinisterJonas Gahr Støre was staying at the hotel at the time of the attack. Sirajuddin Haqqani is accused of planning the attack on the Serena Hotel in Kabul that killed six people including U.S. citizen Thor David Hesla.