Former Queen of Afghanistan Dead at 84

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Former Queen of Afghanistan Dead at 84

Homaira Shah, the former queen of Afghanistan and wife of ex-monarch Mohammad Zahir Shah, died Wednesday in Rome. She was 84.

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Homaira Shah, the former queen of Afghanistan and wife of ex-monarch Mohammad Zahir Shah, died Wednesday in Rome. She was 84.

Shah suffered a cardiac arrest after having been hospitalized this week with a fever, said her granddaughter, Homaira Wali.

Homaira Shah, who had lived with her husband in Rome since he was ousted from power in 1973, didn't follow the king on his historic return to Afghanistan in April because of her deteriorating health.

She had, however, planned to return, Wali said.

The family wants to bring her body back to Kabul for burial �� hopefully in the next three to four days, Wali said in a telephone interview. "We are trying to get her back as soon as possible," Wali said, adding that her grandmother would be buried in the bullet-scarred royal tomb on a hill overlooking the capital.

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