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To: long-gone who wrote (77300)	9/24/2001 9:15:30 AM
From: Richnorth	Read Replies (1) of 116752

Britain asks exiled King to return and rule By Alfred Lee STRAITS TIMES EUROPE BUREAU LONDON - The exiled King of Afghanistan has been asked by Britain to return to his homeland to lead a new government if the Taleban regime collapses in the event of a US-led military onslaught on his country. Three top British Foreign Office officials met 86-year-old Mohammed Zahir Shah at his home in Italy on Friday to put the plan to him. The talks were backed by the US, which also sees the King as Afghanistan's best leader following the assassination of Mr Ahmad Shah Massoud, military leader of the rebels fighting the Taleban. King Zahir Shah is also expected to have the backing of the European Union and the United Nations if a democratic administration replaces the Taleban. The Foreign Office officials are understood to have told the King that the West would pump tens of millions of dollars into the country as aid if he became its leader. However, King Zahir Shah would not be restored to his throne because this would create problems with neighbouring Iran, where an Islamic revolution in 1979 removed its Shah from his throne. Britain is playing the key diplomatic role in the return of the King because the US and Iran do not have any diplomatic ties. The King was exiled in 1973 in a bloodless coup by his nephew, who declared Afghanistan a republic.

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