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(4)Afghan grand assembly convened

KABUL, Afghanistan - Former Afghan King Zahir Shah (on the screens) declares the Loya Jirga, the country's traditional grand council, opened in Kabul on June 11.

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(6)Afghan grand assembly convened

KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghan interim leader Hamid Karzai (R) takes the hand of former King Zahir Shah (2nd from L) as they walk to the venue of the Loya Jirga, the country's traditional grand council, convened in Kabul on June 11.

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(3)Afghan grand assembly convened

KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghan interim leader Hamid Karzai (R) addresses the Loya Jirga, the country's traditional grand council, in Kabul on June 11 as former Afghan King Zahir Shah (seated 3rd from L) watches on the rostrum.

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Ex-king supports Karzai

KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghan interim government leader Hamid Karzai (L) takes the hand of former King Zahir Shah after their joint news conference in Kabul on June 10. The ex-king said earlier that he fully supports Karzai as the country's transitional government leader.

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Kawaguchi meets with former Afghan king

KABUL, Afghanistan - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi poses with former Afghan King Zahir Shah in Kabul on May 2. Kawaguchi pledged Japan's assistance in the rehabilitation of the war-shattered nation.

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Afghan's ex-king visits fater's mausoleum

KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghanistan's former king Mohammad Zahir Shah (C), who returned home on April 18 after 29 years of exile in Italy, visits the mausoleum of his father, Anadir Shah, on April 19. Afghan leader Hamid Karzai is at his left.

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Afghan people welcome return of ex-king Zahir

KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghan youths perform traditional dances in the courtyard of a government building April 18 in Kabul to welcome the return of former Afghan King Zahir Shah after a 29-year exile in Italy.

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Afghanistan's former king arrives home after long exile

KABUL, Afghanistan - Former Afghan king Zahir Shah (C) shakes hands with Japan's charge d'affaires Kinichi Komano at Kabul airport on April 18 after arriving there accompanied by interim government leader Hamid Karzai from Rome. The 87-year-old Zahir Shah was in exile in Italy for 29 years.

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