As they withdraw, coalition forces will leave behind in southern Afghanistan a slew of local security forces at odds with each other. By Matthieu Aikins The 40-year reign of the former king, which ...

A nimble survivor during four decades as king of Afghanistan, Mohammad Zahir Shah, who died yesterday at 92, avoided assassination and chaos, both of which often threatened in his backward nation.

KABUL (Reuters) - Former Afghan King Mohammad Zahir Shah has died aged 92, the private Afghan television network Tolo said on Monday. Shah ruled Afghanistan from 1933 until he was deposed in 1973 and ...

Afghanistan mourns the loss of its former king, Mohammed Zahir Shah, who died at age 92 after a long illness. Government offices are closed and... Afghanistan Mourns King Zahir Shah STEVE INSKEEP, ...

Mohammad Zahir Shah, the last king of Afghanistan who returned from three decades of exile to bless his war-battered country’s fragile course toward democracy, died today, President Hamid Karzai said.

Karzai also met Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to discuss the international peace-keeping force which is set to arrive in Afghanistan shortly after the new administration is sworn in. Italy ...

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As king of Afghanistan, Mohammed Zahir Shah used to golf, ski, shoot partridge and fish for trout in the Hindu Kush. Today the 86-year-old Shah lives in quiet exile in Rome, confining himself to the ...

Mohammad Zahir Shah, 92, the king of Afghanistan who emerged from forced exile in 2002 to become the ceremonial "father of the nation" after the Taliban's retreat, died July 23 in Kabul. He had been ...

Afghanistan mourns the loss of its former king, Mohammed Zahir Shah, who died at age 92 after a long illness. Government offices are closed and flags are flying at half-staff for the man whose reign ...

KABUL, July 23 (Reuters) - Former Afghan King Mohammad Zahir Shah has died aged 92, the private Afghan television network Tolo said on Monday. Shah ruled Afghanistan from 1933 until he was deposed in ...