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Azizullah Wasifi dies in Kandahar at 88

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KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): Prominent politician Azizullah Wasifi, who served as agriculture minister under King Zahir Shah, on Saturday breathed his last after a protracted ailment in southern Kandahar province, family sources said.

Wasifi’s oldest son, Azzitullah Wasifi, told Pajhwok Afghan News his father had long been complaining of heart problems and died at the ripe age of 88 years.

Wasifi arrived in Kandahar from the United States at about 12:30pm, but his condition started deteriorating at about 4pm in the afternoon and the family took . . .

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