Monday, July 23, 2007

Obituary: Muhammad Zahir Shah, last king of Afghanistan

"Zahir Shah was beloved by many people," said Abdul Hamid Mubarez, one of Afghanistan's best-known journalists. "For them, he was a mixture of Afghan and Western culture. He was educated in France and had a chance to observe the democratic system there. He brought back some very progressive ideas."

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