Zahir Shah person
also: King Zayr Shah, monarchy, the king
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Zahir Shah overthrown
Afghanistan host_asserted
“was overthrown in 1973, and that's when we get the first Republic of Afghanistan. Now, in 1973, which is kind of where I wanted to start this, because this is very interesting, the king…”
▶ Operation Gladio - Afghanistan @ 6:25
Mohammad Daoud Khan overthrew
Zahir Shah host_asserted
“was basically they basically had a revolution and um the king went into exile and the guy that come out on top was um uh diod khan d-a-o-u-d and his last name is k-h-a-n so khan…”
▶ Operation Gladio - Afghanistan @ 6:55
Syed Ahmed Gailani relationship_with
Zahir Shah documented
“was described as an aristocrat tied to former King Zayr Shah and owner of their local car dealership in Kabul. Not a, not a narco trafficker. He's a businessman. He owns a car dealership. You mean like the car dealerships that was owned in …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Great Heroin Coup Part 14 @ 27:04
Mentions (7)
▶ 5:55
And that was kind of the follow on to what was referred to as the Emirate of Afghanistan. So they actually had a monarch, Manula Khan. And this monarch lasted about 50 years until Zahir Shah.…
▶ 6:25
was overthrown in 1973, and that's when we get the first Republic of Afghanistan. Now, in 1973, which is kind of where I wanted to start this, because this is very interesting, the king…
▶ 7:25
basically led his forces into Kabul. And he had basically his senior general was named Abdul Karim Mostagni. And they basically overthrew the monarchy while the monarchy was…
▶ 8:55
but definitely have done some research on it. But I think it's too difficult to tell based on what everything, all the other stuff that was going on in Afghanistan at the time. So the king decided not to retaliate and he abdicated the thron…
▶ 14:09
that Afghanistan was the perfect place to go. Lots of farmland. They had under the king and then the first four or five years of the coup, they had orchestrated a huge farm capability and they were doing vineyards and all kinds of cotton an…
▶ 37:30
that came in with the blessing of the exiled King, Afghan King Shah. And it says that when he came in, in around 2001, he was walking into the, the, the insane asylum, because at that point, the,…
▶ 26:33
with heroin so they can get guns. And this is a much better arrangement if they're going to bring the heroin to you than having to actually go and get it. Really cuts down on cost. Guns for drugs, the same scenario in Laos, Burma, Latin Ame…