Sentence examples for warlords on from inspiring English sources

Cabinet meetings featured regular clashes between the so-called warlords on one hand and the technocrats — or dogwashers, as the educated Afghan returnees were known — on the other.

The Ming pattern of government has generally been esteemed for its stability under civil service dominance, its creativity in devising new institutions to serve changing needs, and its suppression of separatist warlords on one hand and disruptive interference by imperial clansmen and palace women on the other.

The Northern Alliance seems unready to take such warlords on, at least for now.

The election is hampered by a flawed voter registry, a vetting process that left far too many corrupt warlords on the ballots, and fewer independent observers.

The warlords, on the other hand, present the real threat of violence as soon as any government tries to assert its authority.

From warlords on the country's fringes to ministers jockeying for position in Kabul, many leaders see American money and military clout as the ultimate source of power here.

It appears that the sitting President has been looking for a way to end his reign by one magnanimous act, just like a warlord on his feast day.

In "The Bitter Tea of General Yen" (1933), a warlord on the make casually orders the execution of his captives, then justifies it to his comely American guest as a more humane solution than letting them die of starvation in prison.

Bush recounts a meeting between Hamid Karzai and a Tajik warlord on the Afghan president's inauguration day, which he used as an example of hope for the future of the country.

A British court convicted Farayadi Sarwar Zardad, 42, a former Afghan warlord, on torture and hostage-taking charges relating to a period between 1991 and 1996 when he controlled territory east of Kabul.

And when Jason Momoa -- the part Native Hawaiian actor who played the fierce warlord on "Game of Thrones" -- takes a stand for his real-life homeland, his fans and celebrity friends join the cause.