Afghanistan buries its last king (BBC)

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The funeral has taken place in Kabul of Afghanistan's last king, Mohammad Zahir Shah, who died on Monday aged 92.

Dignitaries from around the world bade farewell to the man known as the father of the nation. He was buried beside his father and wife on a hill above Kabul.

Zahir Shah returned from exile in 2002, 29 years after being deposed in a coup orchestrated by his cousin.

Many Afghans see the former king as a symbol of the national unity that has been lost amid years of conflict.

In the latest violence, the Nato-led force said six of its troops had been killed in the south of the country.
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