Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Afghanistan says goodbye to last king, Mohammad Zahir Shah, at funeral in Kabul

KABUL, Afghanistan - 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. --- An honor guard carried Zahir Shah's coffin, draped in the Afghan flag, to a viewing stand under the shade of pine trees at the palace grounds before prayers at a mosque and burial next to his wife at a hilltop shrine in Kabul.

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