MSNBC reported that Mohammad Zahir Shah, the last king of Afghanistan, has died. He ruled for forty years before being ousted by in a palace coup and exiled for thirty. Many considered his reign to be a golden age for Afghanistan, not because of the wealth of the country but because of the relative peace. And now that he is gone, the last of the monarchy has passed into Afghanistan’s history. Now anti-Taliban President Karzai faces new challenges as opium fields yield record crops, fueling what some say will finance the Taliban’s return.
And history marches on…
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