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CNN's Zahir Shah Sherazi reported from Peshawar and Joe Sterling wrote and reported in Atlanta.
CNN: Pakistani Taliban vows to avenge death of No. 2 man
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Now ex-king Zahir Shah is the focus for calls for a new Loya Jirga.
BBC: Afghans
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But most people seem to believe Zahir Shah can somehow unify their war-ravaged country.
BBC: Afghan hopes ride on ex-king
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The blast killed the leader, Zahir Shah, along with two of his guards and two supporters, Mr. Khan said.
WSJ: Bombs Kill 17 in Pakistan
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On April 18th, the force kept watch over the arrival of the former king, Zahir Shah, from his almost 30-year exile in Rome.
ECONOMIST: America to the rescue? | The
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The delegation of Rome-based exiles loyal to the former king Zahir Shah received at least eight ministries, including the finance, education and reconstruction posts.
CNN: Afghan factions sign power deal
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The official representative of the deposed Afghan king, Zahir Shah.
BBC: NEWS | South Asia | Afghan powerbrokers: Who's who
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Significantly, too, Pakistan's rulers have come round to the idea that a broad-based coalition government in Afghanistan led by the exiled former king, Muhammad Zahir Shah, could be an option.
ECONOMIST: Pakistan and the Taliban
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U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell dispatched James Dobbins, his special envoy for Afghan opposition groups, to Rome, Italy, to meet with Afghanistan's deposed king, Mohammad Zahir Shah, before heading to the region.
CNN: Move into Afghan capital hastens diplomatic steps
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The Pushtuns are meant to be reassured both by the nomination of Mr Karzai and by the fact that the ex-king, Mohammed Zahir Shah, will open the loya jirga, or tribal assembly, which will take place in six months' time.
ECONOMIST: An outline for power-sharing that may just work. Maybe
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U.N. and U.S. officials agree that the former Afghan king, Mohammad Zahir Shah, 87, -- who has been living in Italy since a 1973 coup -- should play a role in the next government, even if it is a symbolic one.
CNN: Northern Alliance rejects U.N. force plan
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In the other attack, a blast hit the convoy of provincial assembly candidate Masoom Shah as he was returning from a campaign meeting, police officer Zahir Khan said.
NPR: Pakistani Taliban Target Secular Party, Kill 1