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The Guardian - UK
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Mohammad Zahir Shah 1914 - 2007

Zahir Shah
July 1963: Mohammad Zahir Shah Photograph: AP
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Zahir Shah with his wife Homaira in London Photograph: AP
Zahir Shah
September 1963: The king talks with the US president, John F Kennedy Photograph: AFP
Zahir Shah
December 1969: The king watches birthday celebrations in his honour in Kabul Photograph: AP
Zahir Shah
December 1971: The king is greeted by Queen Elizabeth II on his arrival in England Photograph: Fox Photos/Getty
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April 2002: A man is reflected in the glass of a framed portrait of the former king, Zahir Shah Photograph: Natalie Behring/Getty
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June 2002: The former king with the head of the Afghan interim government, Hamid Karzai, after the opening ceremony of the loya jirga (grand council) in Kabul Photograph: Philippe Lopez/AFPI/EPA
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August 2002: Zahir Shah at a tea party to welcome him back to the palace he resided in during his reign Photograph: Natalie Behring-Chisholm/Getty
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December 2005: The former king reads out his statement during the inauguration session of the national assembly in Kabul Photograph: Musadeq Sadeq/AP
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