Well, that’s the AP POV. The NBC POV, though slightly dated, is here:

The man who would be king
Can an ailing former monarch unify war-torn Afghanistan?

Perhaps he can do it -- but I could think of a dozen or so better places for an ailing 87-year-old king to spend the rest of his life than Afghanistan.

He and his family are good choices, because they are obviously wanted, but as choices would they agree to the sacrifices required? The man who would be king has a son who would be king, who has a son who would be king -- all of whom have been luxuriating in the more or less democratic nations of the West for decades.

This transition could get a little weird,
Dan