The official said Fahim died of natural causes on Sunday. He added that three days of national mourning would be held.
Fahim was once a powerful warlord and had been a leading commander in the Northern Alliance, which fought the Taliban.
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11 March 2014
Afghanistan's First Vice President Dies
The official said Fahim died of natural causes on Sunday. He added that three days of national mourning would be held.
Fahim was once a powerful warlord and had been a leading commander in the Northern Alliance, which fought the Taliban.
11 October 2012
Burmese Independence Leader Dies in China
One of the last surviving Burmese independence leaders has died in exile.
Former Brigadier General Kyaw Zaw died Wednesday at a hospital in southern China, where he had lived since fleeing Burma in 1976. He was 93.
Kyaw Zaw rose to prominence as one of the “30 Comrades” who led the fight for Burma's independence from Britain in the 1940s, and he was a founding member of the Burmese communist party. He fled to China 35 years ago due to differences with the military junta ruling Burma at the time.
Former Burmese Army Chief U Tin Oo, who fought alongside Kyaw Zaw for Burmese independence, praised him for pushing for the fair treatment of the country's ethnic minorities. Now with the opposition National League for Democracy party, U Tin Oo said that Kyaw Zaw's death is a great loss for Burma.
Kyaw Zaw had been in poor health and recently expressed a desire to return from China to make a final visit and pay his respects at the Shwedagon Pagoda in Rangoon, one of Burma's most revered Buddhist sites.
Burmese officials granted permission for Kyaw Zaw to return, but he was too weak to make the trip. A top government official said that the offer to return still stands for Kyaw Zaw's daughters, who lived with him in China.
21 August 2011
Rare Unity at Funeral for Zimbabwean Hero Solomon Mujuru
20 August 2011
Peta Thornycroft
Johannesburg
The burial Saturday of one of Zimbabwe’s best known soldiers drew record crowds and rare unity among Zimbabweans of all political parties. Retired general Solomon Mujuru, the former army commander who backed President Robert Mugabe to lead Zimbabwe during the war to end minority white rule, died in a fire at his farm house last week.
President Mugabe praised Mujuru as a great soldier and freedom fighter and said his legacy would be defended by his comrades and a strong security service.
Mujuru, who was in Mr. Mugabe’s Zanu PF party for more than 40 years, was the husband of Zimbabwe’s current vice president Joice Mujuru.
Mr Mugabe said it was strange that a man known for his courage as a soldier should have been burned to ashes at his home. And the president called the death, "inexplicable." But he said people must accept this as God’s will.
At the ceremony at Heroe’s Acre on the outskirts of Harare, Mr. Mugabe used the opportunity, as he often does at public events, to attack the West. “We continue to say to the British and allies and the Americans leave us alone. Get away from us we are an independent people we are a sovereign people but no, the British want to debate us every month in parliament as if we are an extension of Britain," he said.
Mr Mugabe also said that political violence has decreased recently and called on the country to ensure that peace continued. "Let’s create peace. We are very happy that over these last months there has been quite some remarkable peace in the country, and we all agree, no violence, no violence, no violence," he said.
Mr Mugabe was forced to enter into a unity government with the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party after disputed elections in 2008.
Leaders of the MDC who attended the burial of Mujuru, have blamed Mr. Mugabe's Zanu PF party for incidents of political violence since the government came to power in 2009.
Morgan Tsvangirai, MDC leader and now prime minister in the inclusive government, attended the funeral and praised Mujuru for his role in ending white rule.
Mujuru was known as "Rex Nhongo" during the war for independence and left government service to become a businessman and farmer. He never gave interviews and many political analysts saw him as one of the few prepared to stand up to Mr Mugabe.
Peta Thornycroft
Johannesburg
The burial Saturday of one of Zimbabwe’s best known soldiers drew record crowds and rare unity among Zimbabweans of all political parties. Retired general Solomon Mujuru, the former army commander who backed President Robert Mugabe to lead Zimbabwe during the war to end minority white rule, died in a fire at his farm house last week.
President Mugabe praised Mujuru as a great soldier and freedom fighter and said his legacy would be defended by his comrades and a strong security service.
Mujuru, who was in Mr. Mugabe’s Zanu PF party for more than 40 years, was the husband of Zimbabwe’s current vice president Joice Mujuru.
Mr Mugabe said it was strange that a man known for his courage as a soldier should have been burned to ashes at his home. And the president called the death, "inexplicable." But he said people must accept this as God’s will.
At the ceremony at Heroe’s Acre on the outskirts of Harare, Mr. Mugabe used the opportunity, as he often does at public events, to attack the West. “We continue to say to the British and allies and the Americans leave us alone. Get away from us we are an independent people we are a sovereign people but no, the British want to debate us every month in parliament as if we are an extension of Britain," he said.
Mr Mugabe also said that political violence has decreased recently and called on the country to ensure that peace continued. "Let’s create peace. We are very happy that over these last months there has been quite some remarkable peace in the country, and we all agree, no violence, no violence, no violence," he said.
Mr Mugabe was forced to enter into a unity government with the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party after disputed elections in 2008.
Leaders of the MDC who attended the burial of Mujuru, have blamed Mr. Mugabe's Zanu PF party for incidents of political violence since the government came to power in 2009.
Morgan Tsvangirai, MDC leader and now prime minister in the inclusive government, attended the funeral and praised Mujuru for his role in ending white rule.
Mujuru was known as "Rex Nhongo" during the war for independence and left government service to become a businessman and farmer. He never gave interviews and many political analysts saw him as one of the few prepared to stand up to Mr Mugabe.
16 August 2011
Ex-Zimbabwean Military Chief Dies
General Solomon Mujuru, Zimbabwe's retired military chief and husband of the current vice president, has died at his farm outside Harare.
Initial reports say Mujuru, who was in his mid-to-late 60s, was killed in a house fire.
Mujuru led the guerrilla war that won Zimbabwe its independence from Britain in 1980, and served as military commander under President Robert Mugabe for more than a decade.
He was married to Vice President Joice Mujuru, the leader of a faction of Zimbabwe's ruling party who is vying to succeed the 87-year-old Mugabe once he steps down from office. The other faction is led by Defense Minster Emmerson Mnangagwa.
Mr. Mugabe entered into a power sharing agreement with Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai in 2008 after disputed elections were held.
Initial reports say Mujuru, who was in his mid-to-late 60s, was killed in a house fire.
Mujuru led the guerrilla war that won Zimbabwe its independence from Britain in 1980, and served as military commander under President Robert Mugabe for more than a decade.
He was married to Vice President Joice Mujuru, the leader of a faction of Zimbabwe's ruling party who is vying to succeed the 87-year-old Mugabe once he steps down from office. The other faction is led by Defense Minster Emmerson Mnangagwa.
Mr. Mugabe entered into a power sharing agreement with Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai in 2008 after disputed elections were held.
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