evidence: By — Jon Gambrell, Associated Press Jon Gambrell, Associated Press By — Munir Ahmed, Associated Press Munir Ahmed, Associated Press Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/pervez-musharraf-pakistans-ex-president-who-aided-u-s-war-in-afghanistan-dies-at-79 Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan’s ex-president who aided U.S. war in Afghanistan, dies at 79 World Feb 5, 2023 10:55 AM EDT ISLAMABAD (AP) — Gen. Pervez Musharraf, who seized power in a bloodless coup and later led a reluctant Pakistan into aiding the U.S. war in Afghanistan against the Taliban, has died, officials said Sunday. He was 79. Musharraf, a former special forces commando, became president through the last of a string of military coups that roiled Pakistan since its founding amid the bloody 1947 partition of India. He ruled the nuclear-armed state after his 1999 coup through tensions with India, an atomic proliferation scandal and an Islamic extremist insurgency. He stepped down in 2008 while facing possible impeachment. Later in life, Musharraf lived in self-imposed exile in Dubai to avoid criminal charges, despite attempting a political comeback in 2012. But it wasn’t to be as his poor health plagued his last years.