Former Afghan Prime Minister dies in Germany (BBC, Jan 25)

A former Prime Minister of Afghanistan, Mohammad Yusuf, has died in Germany,aged eighty-one.

Mr Yusuf served in the Afghan government as a minister for industry and mining, and education, before being appointed as Prime Minister in l963.

A new democratic constitution was introduced the following year.

When the Afghan monarchy was overthrown in l973 Mohammad Yusuf left his post as the Afghan ambassador to Moscow.

In l979 when Soviet troops entered Afghanistan he sought refuge in Germany where he remained in exile.