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Afghan honor guards carry the coffin of Afghan former president, Sibghatullah Mujadidi during his funeral procession at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019. Afghans are mourning the country's first post-communist president, Sibghatullah Mujadidi, at a palace ceremony attended by his former comrades-in-arms, including his one-time spokesman and protege, former President Hamid Karzai. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghans mourn former president at palace ceremony

Associated Press

FILE- In this Sept. 9, 2014, file photo, former Afghan President Sibghatullah Mujadidi, left, accompanies Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah, right, during a ceremony honoring a beloved anti-Taliban fighter who was assassinated 13 years ago, in Kabul, Afghanistan. Mujadidi, who served as Afghanistan's first president following the ouster of the invading Soviet army and the collapse in 1992 of Kabul's pro-Communist government, dies. He was 93. His former spokesman Sharif Yusufi says Mujadidi died overnight Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019, in the Afghan capital.(AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

Anti-communist guerrilla who became Afghan president dies

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press