Afghanistan’s last king was to be buried in a hilltop shrine in Kabul today next to his late wife and other members of the royal family.

Mohammad Zahir Shah, the last king of Afghanistan, has died, President Hamid Karzai said today. He was 92.

A vault beneath Afghanistan’s presidential palace containing gold reserves was opened for the first time in 14 years today to display to the nation that the reserves had not been stolen.

Afghan factions today open talks on how to share power and secure peace once the Taliban are defeated.

Afghanistan’s exiled king and the anti-Taliban Northern Alliance agreed today to convene an emergency council of tribal and military leaders to select a new head of state for the beleaguered nation.