Obituary of deposed Afghan King Zahir Shah

(23 Jul 2007) SHOTLIST
Kabul, Afghanistan - 18 April 2002
1. Various of King Zahir Shah getting out of plane and standing on Afghan soil after 23 years in exile, being met by then Afghanistan interim leader and later president Hamid Karzai and officials, honour guard and wellwishers at the airport
Kabul, Afghanistan - April 1982
2. Wide of march marking the anniversary of the Marxist Revolution in Afghanistan
3. Medium shot of podium with Soviet-backed Afghani president Barbak Karmal and other officials
Afghanistan - date and location unknown
4. Various of Russian soldiers in fire battle with Mujaheddin rebels
5. Various of Mujaheddin with a tank
6. Close up of Mujaheddin fighter
7. Wide of Mujaheddin walking in mountains
Dasht-E-Haji, Afghanistan - 26 July 1997
8. Wide of rocket launcher firing with Taliban soldier using communication radio in the foreground
9. Various of Taliban soldiers
10. Wide of rocker launcher firing
Near Bagram, Afghanistan - 11 November 2001
11. Wide of bomber B-52 flying overhead
12. Wide of explosions and smoke from the bombing
Jabal Saraj, Afghanistan - 11 November 2001
13. Various of Northern Alliance soldiers on tank checking equipment
Rome, Italy - 23 September, 2001
14. Various of the King at his residence in Olgiata, on the outskirts of Rome, meeting the UN delegate for Afghanistan, Francesc Vendrell, during talks prior to US military strike on Afghanistan
Rome, Italy - 30 September, 2001
15. Various of a visit by a US delegation to the King as the US looked to him to play a key role in marshalling anti-Taliban forces as the King was widely seen as a unifying figure among Afghanistan's many ethnic groups
Spinboldak, Afghanistan - 9 December, 2001
16. Man with bike that has a picture of the king attached.
17. Close up picture (an example the king's popularity remained during his exile)
Rome, Italy - December 2001
++NIGHT SHOTS+++
18. Karzai and Shah walking out to waiting media
19. Close up Shah
20. SOUNDBITE (English) Hamid Karzai, interim Afghanistan president: (after greeting King Shah)
"This gives me tremendous hope that under the guidance of the Holy Koran and his majesty's blessings I am going back home."
21. Cutaway press
22. Karzai and Shah walking back through gate
Kabul, Afghanistan - May 2002
23. Various of the King walking with a help of his aides
Kabul, Afghanistan - June 2002
24. Various of the King presiding over the Loya Jirga (a Pashtu phrase meaning "grand council") - a meeting of the country's leaders
Kabul, Afghanistan - 14 December 2003
25. Various of the King and president Karzai during the opening ceremony of the constitutional convention
Kabul, Afghanistan - 12 December, 2002
26. Various of the King attending the funeral of his son Shah Mahmoud Zahir
STORYLINE:
Mohammad 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, said President Hamid Karzai on Monday.
He was 92.
A weak but well-meaning monarch during his 40-year reign, Zahir Shah was a symbol of yearned-for peace and
unity in a nation still struggling to emerge from the turmoil that began with his 1973 deposing in a palace coup.
When the fall of the Taliban at the end of 2001 offered fresh hope for national reconciliation, many clamoured for
Zahir Shah's return - not only from exile but to retake the throne.
Shah was born on October 15, 1914, the only surviving son of assassinated King Nadir Shah, and was educated in Kabul and in France.
It ushered in a period of unprecedented political tolerance.
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