warlord

Example Sentences

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And the Obama administration took a step toward helping the court by offering rewards for the capture of fugitive warlords in Africa whom the court had indicted.

From New York Times

But as the country slid into war in the early 1990s, he found himself battling rival warlords and eventually the Taliban, who seized power in 1996.

From Seattle Times

Most of those invited to the conference were expatriates or representatives of the warlords whose abuses of Afghan civilians in the 1990s had led to the Taliban’s takeover of the country in the first place.

From New York Times

“If Taliban warlords launch an assault, they will of course face staunch resistance from us,” he said.

From Reuters

We gave literally tons of greenbacks to warlords who promised to catch bin Laden and his pals.

From Salon