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...ruler of Afghanistan is a man of many accomplishments. At 51, Mohammed Zahir Shah can snag the wiliest trout in the Hindu Kush, swoop down a ski slope at 60 m.p.h., or drop a brace of partridge as deftly as a skeet cham pion. He rides like Lochinvar, golfs near par on any course, and betweentimes collects rare books and Oriental art. On his experimental farm outside the ancient capital of Kabul, he raises mutant grapes, outsize apricots, and dairy cattle that can withstand the rigors of Afghan altitude with milky aplomb. But as one of his courtiers puts...
Power & Pingpong. For 30 years, the King had put up with despotic rule. When he came to power in 1933 after his father's assassination, Zahir Shah let his uncles run the country while he played games and grew vegetables. In 1953 Zahir Shah's cousin, Prince Mohammed Daoud, took over and continued the tough stuff. Secret police snooped everywhere; the press was heavily censored. After Daoud quarreled with his finance minister, that official and his family disappeared. Balding, haughty and highhanded, Daoud alienated Afghanistan's slowly developing intellectual class and won the distaste-if not outright...
...anyone who enjoys social occasions, being President of the U.S. can be a pleasure. John Kennedy likes parties, and he has a real flair for pre siding over them. Last week he made big plans for starting the fall social season. Afghanistan's King Mohammed Zahir Shah and his Queen Homaira were in town. In their honor, there was to be a black-tie banquet in the Rose Garden - with fireworks, a Marine-drill-squad exhibition, music by some Air Force bagpipers and ice cream souffle for dessert. But it rained that day, and the President moved the affair...
...faqade of Afghanistan, it has had little effect on the nation's creaking social and political structure. Afghanistan is still ruled by a feudal family, despite the forms of Cabinet and Parliament. Hard-eyed, tough-minded Daoud is the cousin of Afghanistan's retiring King Mohammed Zahir Shah; Daoud's brother is Afghanistan's Foreign Minister. His power rests on the support of the army and his fellow aristocrats (when he took power, he was careful to assemble the tribal chiefs and get their endorsement). In a country where more than 90% of the population...
...from both the Soviets and the U.S. Even as Ike's plane winged over the mountains, an Afghan squadron of Russian-made MIGs took off to escort him toward Kabul, and Ike landed at an airfield built by Russians. There, in the freezing morning, khaki-clad King Mohammed Zahir greeted the President and his party...