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 ...

Zahir Shah's death ended the last vestige of Afghanistan's monarchy and triggered three days of national mourning. Although he was not always effective during his 40-year reign, Zahir Shah is ...

During the Cold War, Afghanistan’s location bordering the Soviet Union and linking Asia to the Middle East magnified the country’s importance. But Zahir Shah managed to keep it clear of the ...

Afghanistan's deposed king, Mohammed Zahir Shah, arrived in his homeland Thursday ... that has known nothing but war and civil strife during his absence. A C-130 military transport plane made ...

Mayar also is serving a mission for Zahir Shah. He is studying the political situation that the former king will face during his expected return to Afghanistan after leaving the country in 1973 ...

with uncles and cousins holding the real power during most of Zahir Shah’s reign, during which Afghanistan remained poor and forgotten. But his neutral foreign policy and limited liberalization ...

Landlocked and mountainous, Afghanistan has suffered from such chronic instability and conflict during ... Shah adopts more gradual approach to modernization, but is assassinated. Mohammed Zahir ...

Ahmad Shah Khan ... state of Virginia and writing Sufi poetry during his long exile. Many were doubtful of Zahir’s potential to bring stability to Afghanistan, and their scepticism was ...

with uncles and cousins holding the real power during most of Zahir Shah's reign, during which Afghanistan remained poor and forgotten. But his neutral foreign policy and limited liberalization of ...

It was last updated on 15 August 2023 Landlocked and mountainous, Afghanistan has suffered from such chronic instability and conflict during its ... Mohammed Zahir Shah reigns as king from 1933 ...

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.