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Daily Times
December 4, 2008
Daud Khan came to power in a coup himself when he overthrew his cousin Zahir Shah, the last king of
Afghanistan, in 1973. He tried to counter the influence ...
BBC News
December 4, 2008
Daud Khan overthrew the last king of
Afghanistan, Zahir Shah, in 1973. His death five years later ushered in a decade of Soviet occupation followed by the ...
Monsters and Critics.com
December 2, 2008
Also ripe for promotion is the scenic Aajar Valley, the now protected hunting domain of the late Afghan King Mohammed Zahir Shah. Visiting also involves a ...
Islam Online
November 19, 2008
The
Afghan government's interest in the tribal areas dates back to the reign of
King Zahir Shah when the department of tribal affairs was added to the ...
Registan.net
November 12, 2008
They're stationed at King Zahir Shah's old hunting lodge/castle along the Landai Sin River. Combat Outpost Lowell used to be called Combat Outpost Kamu, ...
International Herald Tribune
November 9, 2008
Once a hunting lodge for Muhammad Zahir Shah,
Afghanistan's last king, the castle is home for a year for a US cavalry troop, an Afghan infantry company, ...
The Nation
November 8, 2008
His verses regarding Mehdi Sudani, a symbol of anti-British struggle, and the verses addressed to Faisal, Ibn-e-Saud and the young King Zahir Shah emphasise ...
SanFranciscoSentinel.com
November 7, 2008
A similar capital was shown to the late Afghan King Zahir Shah on a hunting expedition in the region in 1961, leading to the discovery of the site. ...
Daily Times
October 31, 2008
The Pakhtunistan issue, a massive interference in the affairs of
Afghanistan's southeastern neighbour
Pakistan, was given state support by
King Zahir Shah, ...
TREND Information
October 30, 2008
Afghanistan,
Kabul, 30 October / corr Trend News A. Hakimi / One of the
kidnappers who abducted a relative of the late
King Zahir Shah was released from ...
Trend News Agency
October 30, 2008
Afghanistan,
Kabul, 30 October / corr Trend News A. Hakimi / One of the
kidnappers who abducted a relative of the late
King Zahir Shah was released from ...
Tri-Valley Herald
October 26, 2008
Founded by a former commander of Alexander the Great near the Oxus River near 300 BC, it was discovered by the hunting party of Afghan King Zahir Shah in ...
The Australian
October 26, 2008
"He's fine but sounded a bit tired when I spoke to him minutes earlier," said Mr Zahir, the grandson of
Afghanistan's former king Mohammad Zahir Shah. ...
Inside Bay Area
October 26, 2008
Founded by a former commander of Alexander the Great near the Oxus River near 300 BC, it was discovered by the hunting party of Afghan King Zahir Shah in ...
Melbourne Herald Sun
October 26, 2008
"He's fine but sounded a bit tired when I spoke to him minutes earlier," said Mr Zahir, the grandson of
Afghanistan's former king Mohammad Zahir Shah. ...
Art Daily
October 24, 2008
A similar capital was shown to the late Afghan King Zahir Shah on a hunting expedition in the region in 1961, leading to the discovery of the site. ...
Asia Times Online
October 23, 2008
In the 40 years of King Zahir Shah's period, only two grand jirgas were held. Now they have made a mockery of jirgas. Mini-jirgas are held every now and ...
Independent
October 20, 2008
In another sign of unravelling security, Houmayun Assefy, a grandson of the Afghan king, Zahir Shah, was
kidnapped in the city centre on his way home. ...
Khaleej Times
October 20, 2008
Asifi, aged in his 60s, was a brother-in-law of former King Mohammed Zahir Shah who died last year. Zahir Shah was overthrown in a
1973 Coup. ...
Trend News Agency
October 20, 2008
Deccan Herald
October 18, 2008
... yet intimate portrait of the plight of
Afghan women over the last 30 years-from the rule of
King Zahir Shah to the current
Hamid Karzai government. ...
OpEdNews
October 17, 2008
King
Habibullah (1901-19), King Amanullah (1919-29), King Nadir Shah (1929-1933), and
King Zahir Shah (1933-1973) reaffirmed the Agreement during their ...
Hindu
October 5, 2008
In Roeena's childhood home in
Kabul, boys and girls were totally equal, and under
King Zahir Shah there were no dress codes; women wore skirts if they ...
Metro
September 17, 2008
Despite all this upheaval,
Afghanistan boasts the longest leadership over a united country in the shape of the Afghan
King Zahir Shah, to whom David Loyn's ...
Frontier Post
September 15, 2008
According to reports the returnees are being told that any documents issued during the King Zahir Shah's monarchy are not acceptable. ...
The Post
September 13, 2008
I know
Afghanistan from
King Zahir Shah down the line to its poorest people. This is why I ask Mr. Jahangir Badr not to give us lectures on signals visible ...
Reuters India
September 12, 2008
The Post
September 10, 2008
His father was an aide to
King Zahir Shah, who ruled the country until 1973. Khalilzad was a graduate student at the
University of Chicago, an intellectual ...
Free Internet Press
September 9, 2008
The son of an influential tribe with strong ties to
Afghanistan's former
King Zahir Shah,
Karzai rose to power in Afghanistan after spending years in exile ...
Washington Post
September 9, 2008
A member of an influential tribe with strong ties to
Afghanistan's former king, Mohammed Zahir Shah,
Karzai rose to power after spending years in exile in ...
Radiance Viewsweekly
August 31, 2008
Equally, relevant is the question with regard to the
Afghanistan despot, Zahir Shah, another US lackey in the South East Asian region. Why the Afghan king ...
Monterey County Herald
August 29, 2008
Its king, Zahir Shah, was "an enlightened monarch," he said, and
Afghanistan had two democratic elections, in 1965 and 1969. A coup, followed by a coalition ...
Daily Times
August 28, 2008
They rejected the proposal often put forward by the
Americans that perhaps ex-
King Zahir Shah as the symbol of Afghan independence and enjoying the support ...
Kurdish Globe
August 28, 2008
And thus it is possible that Mohammed Zahir Shah was removed from power by the West since he was a quiet king and was under the influence of
Buddhist ...
Pakistan Daily Mail
August 17, 2008
Khan, who died when he was 68, had himself gained power in a coup, toppling King Zahir Shah, his cousin, in 1973 to end the monarchy and establish a ...
The People's Voice
August 12, 2008
... regime and install a transitional government of moderate Afghans in its place - possibly under the leadership of the former Afghan King Zahir Shah. ...
MyNews.in
August 8, 2008
Zahir Shah, with whom he was bound in five family relations, and proclaimed his dictatorial rule a democracy.
King Zahir Shah fled to
Italy where he has ...
Asian Tribune
August 2, 2008
There are many others that have been operating for western interests - Laili Helms (related to
CIA Director Richard Helms,
King Zahir Shah) Laili ...
24
July 30, 2008
The war began when the
Afghanistan's last king, Muhammad Zahir Shah, was toppled in a bloodless coup in 1973 by his cousin
Muhammad Daud, who immediately ...
Viet Nam News
July 23, 2008
Afghanistan's last king Mohammad Zahir Shah, a symbol of unity who oversaw four decades of peace before a 1973 palace coup ousted him and war shattered his ...
