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Italy 'takes' former Afghan king to Kabul

Rome, Italy - Italian military forces involved into the operation

Exiled for 29 years in Rome, the former Afghan king, Mohammed Zahir Shah, is back to Kabul. The Italian government organized his way back home with impressive safety measures. Fifty Italian 'carabinieri', 2 doctors, 2 nurses and the Italian Foreign junior minister, Margherita Boniver, joined the former Afghan king's retinue -including the premier Karzai and 6 ministers. They took off on 0.09 am from...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 26739
Rome, Italy, 04/18/2002 19:06
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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