Murdered Afghan Leader's Remains Found

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Murdered Afghan Leader's Remains Found
January 12, 2009
Agence France-Presse

Afghan officials confirmed today that remains found last year were those of former president Mohammad Daud Khan, killed with many of his relatives in a Soviet-backed coup three decades ago.

Khan's remains were with those of 16 relatives found in two mass graves on the outskirts of Kabul in a military training ground, deputy public health minister Faizullah Kakar told reporters.

Khan and 18 members of his family, including his wife, several children and siblings, were killed on the night of April 27-28, 1978 when pro-Soviet Afghan communists stormed the presidential palace in a bloody coup.

In August, officials had said that the graves contained at least nine of Khan's relatives but they were still trying to confirm if the ex-president and other members of his family were among them.

Artificial teeth found in the grave had since been found to match an original cast made for the former president by a German dentist in 1970s, Kakar said.


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