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 ...

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 ...

The last time Afghanistan pinned its hopes on Mohammed Zahir Shah, he was not much more than a boy. In 1933, as a 19-year-old Prince, he witnessed the assassination of his father, King Nadir Shah, and ...

KABUL, Afghanistan, April 18 -- He could not sleep on the flight. Other passengers noticed that he shunned earplugs despite the roar of the military cargo plane's engines. When the plane finally ...

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 (Reuters) - Afghan and foreign troops beefed up security in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, on Tuesday ahead of the state funeral for the country's last king, Mohammad Zahir Shah, who died at the ...

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) - The last king of Afghanistan, Mohammad Zahir Shah, was buried on Tuesday at a state funeral where thousands bid farewell to the monarch remembered for his peaceful reign who became ...

In her new book she traces the tumultuous history of Afghanistan as it has been experienced at the Hotel InterContinental Kabul. The “InterCon”—the first luxury hotel in Afghanistan—opened in 1969. It ...

Qari Zahir Shah, center right on vehicle, a winning candidate from Pakistan's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif's party 'Pakistan Muslim League-N, leads rally with his supporters to celebrate his ...