Kabul Afghan Cuisine

Established in 1992. Serving the cuisine of Afghanistan's capital city, Kabul is a unique gem Seattle's Wallingford neighborhood. As owner Wali Khairzada explains it, the ancient city of Kabul lay at the crossroads of trade between India and Central Asia, where for centuries, merchants, conquerors and explorers passed through, leaving their cultural influences behind, along with the finest delicacies from across the Asian continent. The son of Afghan bankers, Khairzada originally came to the United States in 1972 to study at New York University. In 1978, Afghanistan's communist parties joined together to orchestrate a coup d'etat against the Afghan king. Khairzada says at the time, he was in India for medical care. His father feared that if his son came back to Kabul, he would not be allowed to return to the United States, as that country was recalling its embassy staff. Khairzada's father quickly arranged for Khairzada to return to the U.S. Then the new socialist Afghan government nationalized the count