Sentence examples for power warlords from inspiring English sources

During the civil war period, after the Communists were defeated and before the Taliban took power, warlords like General Noor, General Dostum, and the Hazara leader Hajji Mohammad Mohaqiq fought bitterly among themselves as well as against the Taliban, who are mostly ethnic Pashtuns.

Afterward the empire was divided between powerful warlords, and Li became a leading contender for power in North China.

He regularly proclaims that Karzai "does nothing" to combat corruption, to diminish the power of warlords, to reform the police force, to prosecute the Taliban.

The outcome is, on the whole, a surprisingly young cabinet largely free of the influence both of power-wielding warlords and the notoriously corrupt both legion under Hamid Karzai, Mr Ghani's predecessor.

If he's manipulated by other people, or if a power-hungry warlord takes hold of the Presidency, the constitution offers the potential for tremendous abuse.

The animated film, set five years after the events of the 2010 "How to Train Your Dragon," follows Viking Hiccup (voiced by Jay Baruchel) and his dragon Toothless as they navigate the skies to protect their kinds from power-hungry warlord Drago (voiced by Djimon Hounsou).

Does true reconstruction depend on cutting off the warlords' power?

Sharif and his allies had taken power by defeating warlords who were supported by the United States.

Ismail Khan was a test case in Karzai's effort to reduce the power of the warlords.

The longer-term answer to the warlords' power is the new national army Washington is training.

The dismissals appeared to be a first step to undermine the warlords' power.