KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghanistan’s last king, a symbol of unity who oversaw four decades of peace before a 1973 palace coup ousted him and war shattered his country, died Monday. He was 92. Mohammad ...

KABUL, Afghanistan – An honor guard lowered the body of Afghanistan's last king into a bullet-riddled hillside tomb Tuesday, as dignitaries, lawmakers and relatives said goodbye to the man they call ...

KABUL, Afghanistan — 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, has died, President ...

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN — Afghanistan’s last king, Mohammed Zaher Shah, died Monday, plunging his battered country into mourning and inspiring a wave of wistful nostalgia for better days. He was 92. Zaher ...

On the 11th of June, 2002, a Loya Jirga was held to transfer power to the Afghan Transitional Authority. The United States put all its hopes behind Hamid Karzai, even though King Mohammed Zahir Shah ...

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 ...

KABUL, Afghanistan – 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, ...

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.