Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf gestures at a news conference in Islamabad on Thursday 23 March, 2000,

Video. Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf dies aged 79

General Pervez Musharraf, who seized power in a bloodless coup and later led a reluctant Pakistan into aiding the US war in Afghanistan against the Taliban, has died, officials said Sunday. He was 79.

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