Former Afghan king Mohammad Zahir Shah is seen at the royal palace in Kabul in this August 4, 2002 file photo. Shah has died aged 92, the private Afghan television network Tolo said on July 23, 2007. Shah ruled Afghanistan from 1933 until he was deposed in 1973 and lived in exile Italy before returning home in 2002. (Peter Andrews/Files/Reuters)
Mohammad Zahir Shah is seen in this July 16, 1963 file photo. Zahir Shah, the last king of Afghanistan who returned from three decades of exile to bless his war-battered country's fragile course toward democracy, has died, President Hamid Karzai said Monday July 23, 2007. He was 92. (AP Photo)