Officials identify ex-leader’s body
Times Wire Reports
A small golden Koran has helped Afghan authorities identify the body of a president killed in a coup three decades ago that led to 10 years of Soviet domination, officials said.
The body of President Mohammed Daud was among dozens discovered in two mass graves in the Pul-e-Charkhi area, east of Kabul, six months ago, said Ahmad Farid Raaid, a Health Ministry spokesman.
Daud and 17 family members and associates were executed in the presidential palace in Kabul during a Communist-inspired coup in 1978, Raaid said.
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