Funeral Rites for Last Afghan King
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"The smallest alleyways are stationed with soldiers, and we've put an additional 25 soldiers at Kabul's four (highway) gates"  Dignitaries, lawmakers and family members said goodbye Tuesday to Mohammad Zahir Shah, Afghanistan's last king, during a funeral that began at the presidential palace. via Hugh Hewitt
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Tens of thousands of Afghans paid tribute  Wednesday to Northern Alliance commander Ahmad Shah Masood,  slain by al Qaeda two days before the Sept. 11 attacks but  still a key political icon three years after his death.
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ISLAMABAD, 25 August 2004 - Afghan President Hamid Karzai yesterday announced he would free the last 400 Pakistanis who fought alongside the Taleban and had been languishing in decrepit Afghan jails since late 2001.
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Another milestone is on the horizon for the people of post-Taliban Afghanistan. Hamid Karzai takes the oath of office Dec. 7 as Afghanistan&#39;s first democratically elected president.
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The reign of one of Afghanistan&#39;s most powerful and most colourful warlords appeared to have ended in chaos yesterday after a mob of his supporters clashed with American troops and set
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Afghanistan&#39;s last king, Mohammed Zahir Shah, died in Kabul on Monday aged 92, mourned by the war-torn country where he spent his final years after returning from three decades of exile.
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TORONTO (CP) - A 10-year-old Afghan boy whose struggle for life captured the hearts of Canadians bade a fond farewell to the country that rescued him Thursday as he prepared for a long journey home to a life of abject poverty.
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Some 20,000 Afghans paid tribute Wednesday to slain anti-Taliban commander Ahmad Shah Massood, packing a stadium in Kabul ringed with security to guard against attacks by the still-active Islamic militia.
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India is to mark the death of the last Afghan monarch by lowering its national flag Tuesday on state buildings and diplomatic missions worldwide, the government said.
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The Afghan transitional government on Wednesday celebrated the &quot;Martyrs Week&quot; by commemorating the late resistance leader Ahmad Shah Masoud and thousands of others who lost their
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King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia is to receive a ceremonial welcome from the Queen later.
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Funerals are held in the Afghan city of Kandahar for the victims of a suicide attack that officials now say killed more than 100 people.
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Former King Mohammad Zahir Shah, whose 40-year reign until his exile in 1973 coincided with one of the most peaceful periods in Afghanistan's recent history, died on Monday, aged 92.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai, center, and new Cabinet members during the swearing in ceremony of the country&#39;s new Cabinet at the Presidential Palace in Kabul Dec. 24.
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An Egyptian military honour guard escort the coffin carrying late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat during the funeral procession in Cairo, Egypt, Friday Nov. 12, 2004.
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Georgians pay their last respects to the late Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania, who died earlier this week.
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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 Monday, President Hamid Karzai said. He was 92.