Darul Aman Palace

Darul Aman Palace ("abode of peace" or the double meaning of "residence Aman [Ullah] is a European-style palace, now a ruin, which is located about ten miles (ten miles) outside the center of Kabul, Afghanistan.

Darul Aman Palace was built in the 1920s as part of efforts by King Amanullah Khan to modernize Afghanistan. It was to be part of the new capital (also called Darul Aman or Darulaman) that the king intends to build, registered in Kabul by a narrow gauge railway. The palace is an imposing neoclassical building on a hill overlooking a dusty plain in the west of the Afghan capital. Designed as the seat of a future parliament outside Kabul, the building has been used for many years after religious conservatives ousted and arrested Amanullah's reforms.

Darul Aman Palace was first destroyed by fire in 1969. It was restored to house the Department of Defense in 1970 and 1980. During the communist coup of 1978, the building was in flames. It was damaged again mujahideen factions fought for control of Kabul in early 1990. Heavy bombardment by the mujahideen after the Soviet invasion left the building in ruins destroyed.

In 2005, unveiled a plan to renovate the palace for use as home to Afghanistan's future parliament. It will be financed primarily by private donations from foreigners and wealthy Afghans. But as of July 2010, there was no evidence of the castle will be renovated.

On a hill near Darul Aman Palace is the Tajbeg Palace, built as the residence of Amanullah and his wife, Queen Soraya, and their families.