21.   He was on his way to Rome to meet with the exiled Afghan king, Zahir Shah.

22.   In Rome, advisers to exiled former Afghan king Mohammad Zaher Shah said Abdul Haq had gone to Afghanistan on behalf of the king and others seeking peace.

23.   In Rome, advisers to exiled former Afghan king Mohammad Zaher Shah said Haq had gone to Afghanistan on behalf of the king and others seeking peace.

24.   Interim Afghan leader Hamid Karzai will travel to Rome on Tuesday to fetch exiled former king Mohammad Zaher Shah, a government spokesman said Sunday.

25.   It was the first contact between the exiled king with a U.S. official since last December.

26.   Representatives of the exiled Afghan king will meet in Turkey with the anti-Taliban northern alliance to lay the groundwork for a transitional government for Afghanistan.

27.   Six years after the collapse of communism, support for the exiled king is rising among Bulgarians.

28.   That was headed by the ancestor of the exiled king, Mohammad Zaher Shah.

29.   The exiled king will return to head it.

30.   The exiled king and his aides have been waiting for weeks for talks with the northern alliance on forming a new government for Afghanistan.