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King Zahir Shah dies

KABUL: 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. “With paramount grief, I would like to inform my countrymen that ... Mohammad Zahir Shah has bid farewell to this mortal world,” President Hamid Karzai told reporters at the presidential palace. State television interrupted its normal broadcast and a woman dressed black with a black headscarf announced Zahir Shah had died. The former king died in his bed after months of illness. Karzai has announced three days of national mourning for the former king and ordered flags to be flown at half mast. agencies

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