Afghanistan's former king dead at age 92

KABUL (AFP) - Afghanistan's former king Mohammed Zahir Shah, the last monarch of the troubled nation, died on Monday at the age of 92 at his Kabul residence, President Hamid Karzai said. --- The president declared three days of mourning for the "father of the nation", whose four-decade rule is remembered as a time of peace and stability in the central Asian country.