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Former king returns to presidential palace

KABUL, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- Former Afghan King Zahir Shah Sunday returned to the presidential palace after he was toppled down in a military coup by his cousin, former President Daoud Khan, in July 1973.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai and his cabinet members accompanied the former king from his temporary house of Castle No. 8 in Wazir Akbar Khan district to the presidential palace.

The former king has been living in his temporary house since he returned to Kabul in April after 29 years of exile in Rome, Italy.

"It is a pleasant occasion today, during which we can see Father

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