Sentence examples for powerful half from inspiring English sources

The suicide attack came as the President Hamid Karzai and other Afghan leaders converged in southern Afghanistan for the funeral of the president's powerful half brother, Ahmed Wali Karzai, a power broker and sometimes nettlesome ally of the American military who was assassinated by a close associate on Tuesday morning.

The attack came one day after a Taliban suicide bomber's assassination of the mayor of Kandahar, which followed the assassinations of other high-level Afghans, including a powerful half brother of President Hamid Karzai, earlier this month.

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, as they did for the assassination last Tuesday of President Hamid Karzai's powerful half brother, Ahmed Wali Karzai, who was shot dead by a close associate.

KABUL, Afghanistan — Ahmed Wali Karzai, the powerful half brother of Afghanistan's president, was assassinated Tuesday, removing from the political scene a divisive power broker who was accused of corruption and alienated the American military, but whose connections and ruthlessness made him a critical force in volatile southern Afghanistan.

KABUL, Afghanistan -- The Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, joined by his powerful half brother and other influential political figures, mounted a full-court press on behalf of Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal on Wednesday, warning that Afghanistan could not afford a change in Western military leadership now.

Karzai's powerful half-brother, Ahmed Wali Karzai, and a close adviser have been killed in recent months.

Powerful half-centuries from David Hussey and Chris Read set Nottinghamshire on their way to a comfortable 75-run victory over Scotland.

There was also a powerful half-hour version of Common Wealth's No Guts, No Heart, No Glory, a wonderful piece about the hopes and dreams of young female Muslim boxers.

Ahmed Wali Karzai, the powerful half-brother of the Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, has been killed by one of his security guards inside his own house in Kandahar, according to the local chief of border police.

Caley Thistle were denied a penalty when Dan Seaborne appeared to handle the ball on the line, but Larnell Cole restored parity early in the second period with a powerful half-volley that went in off the crossbar.

The rampaging full-back centred to Pastore, who sent a powerful half-volley off the crossbar and into the net.