Editing Mohammad Daoud Khan (section)

==Body and state funeral==
On 28 June 2008, his body and those of his family were found in two separate mass graves outside the walls of [[Pul-e-Charkhi prison]], [[Deh Sabz District|District 12]] of Kabul city. Initial reports indicate that sixteen corpses were in one grave and twelve in the other.<ref name=BBC/> On 4 December 2008, the Afghan Health Ministry announced that Daoud's body had been identified on the basis of teeth molds and a small golden Quran, a present he had received from the [[King of Saudi Arabia]], found near the body.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7764852.stm |title=Body of Afghan leader identified |work=BBC News |date=4 December 2008}}</ref>

On 17 March 2009, General Daoud was given a state funeral.<ref name=BBC>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7947659.stm |title=South Asia &#124; Remains of Afghan leader buried |work=BBC News |date=17 March 2009 |access-date=29 July 2013}}</ref> His only surviving child, Dorkhanai, attended the funeral.<ref name="rfe">{{Cite news|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/First_Afghan_Presidents_Remains_Reinterred_In_Kabul/1511702.html|title = First Afghan President's Remains Reinterred in Kabul| newspaper=Radiofreeeurope/Radioliberty | last1=Siddique | first1=Abubakar }}</ref>
[[File:Sardar Daoud Khan Tomb.jpg|thumb|300x300px|Tomb of Sardar Daoud Khan (July 2022)]]
Daoud and following family members that were killed on the same day on 28 April 1978 are buried at an incomplete hilltop tomb located 2.5&nbsp;km west of [[Darul Aman Palace]], Kabul.<ref>{{Citation |title=همایون،قبر های خانواده سردار داود خان اولین رییس جمهور افغانستان |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzGJWZGDuqQ&t=1600 |access-date=2023-12-19 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Siddique |first=Abubakar |title=First Afghan President's Remains Reinterred In Kabul |language=en |work=RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/First_Afghan_Presidents_Remains_Reinterred_In_Kabul/1511702.html |access-date=2023-12-19}}</ref>