Afghanistan's king Zahir Shah dies
July 24, 2007 00:00:00
KABUL, July 23 (AFP.): Afghanistan's former king Mohammed Zahir Shah died on Monday at the age of 92 at his Kabul residence in the presidential palace compound, said a government minister. "The father of the nation passed away early today," said a government minister who asked not to be named, using the title given to the former monarch who ruled Afghanistan for four decades
