A second royal palace from the Amanullah era, on a hill near Darul Aman, originally built as the queen's residence. Smaller and more elegant than its larger neighbour, with a long colonnade across the front and a domed central hall, it was used as a Soviet military headquarters in the 1980s and damaged in the wars that followed.
Restoration began in the late 2010s. The building is not open to the public at the moment but the exterior and the hilltop position, with views down to the National Museum and the Darul Aman ruins, justify the drive out for those interested in modern Afghan history.