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The Once and Future King? Exclusive: 'I have to get back to my country,' the Afghan monarch says.(World Trade Center and Pentagon Attacks)(The Fight Ahead)(Brief Article)(Interview)

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| October 08, 2001 | Weymouth, Lally | COPYRIGHT 2009 Newsweek, Inc. All rights reserved. Any reuse, distribution or alteration without express written permission of Newsweek is prohibited. For permission: www.newsweek.com. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Sitting in his villa outside of Rome, Afghanistan's exiled king, Zahir Shah, 86, told NEWSWEEK's Lally Weymouth in an exclusive interview that he is eager to return to the land of his birth. Ousted from power in 1973 after a 40-year rule, Zahir Shah calls himself a peacemaker. But outsiders hope he will help inspire a revolt against Afghanistan's Taliban regime, the government shielding Osama bin Laden. This week, in an address to the Afghan people, the king will call for closing terrorist training camps and expelling foreign militants--a clear warning to the Taliban and bin Laden. Excerpts from his interview with Weymouth:

NEWSWEEK: What is your assessment of the situation in Afghanistan?

Zahir Shah: It's a very tragic situation. With every hour that…

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