1.   An aide to the former Afghan king, Mohammad Zahir Shah, warned that Afghanistan was threatened with a return to the past.

2.   Izatullah Wasifi, the son of an aide to former Afghan king Mohammed Zaher Shah, questioned whether Karzai had the authority to offer amnesty to the Taliban.

3.   Karzai, who has received U.S. support in recent weeks, is the official representative of former Afghan king Mohammad Zaher Shah, a Pashtun.

4.   One of the few busy spots was at the gates to the Arg Palace, once home to Afghan kings and, since Thursday, headquarters of the Taliban.

5.   The former Afghan king Zahir Shah is planning on calling a loya jirga soon.

6.   The names included that of the former Afghan king, Mohammad Zahir Shah, and some of his followers and attendants.

7.   There are also snapshots of Gouttierre with Zahir Shah, the exiled Afghan king, and of the famed Buddha statue the Taliban destroyed.

8.   Pakistani officials met Monday with representatives of the former Afghan king as part of diplomatic efforts to shape a new government for Afghanistan if the Taliban fall.

9.   A plane carrying former Afghan king Mohammad Zaher Shah took off Thursday morning from Tashkent en route to Kabul.

10.   Afghan king arrives at Kabul airport, returning after nearly three decades in exile.