| 单词 | warlord |
| 例句 | Many of the groups didn’t get along and were led by corrupt warlords with unsavory reputations. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Mariam had first heard of the Taliban two years before, in October 1994, when Rasheed had brought home news that they had overthrown the warlords in Kandahar and taken the city. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z In one warren, the Owsla may be the band of a warlord: in another, it may consist largely of clever patrollers or garden-raiders. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Next came two scarred, silent men who seemed to be cronies of some far-off warlord, and then the five assassins. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He wasn’t a warlord or a don, he had no real power over any of them save their trust in his wisdom. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “The man you know as Serakeen—the bloodthirsty warlord, the Scourge of the East—is a fabrication, a useful myth we’ve concocted. But I’m afraid he doesn’t exist.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Like most warlords, he was never very confident about what was going on behind his back. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Grown-ups were constantly talking about these warlords, hoping that one of them would finally bring the country together in peace. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z All my life there had been fighting somewhere in China—warlord against warlord. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The once respected and honored Taliban became what they were fighting against, the oppressive warlords and dictators that had preceded them. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z These warlords were all the same—they never gave credit for brains to anyone except themselves. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I was still a few inches taller than he, but he acted like a big warlord. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The thought of someone being so afraid that he had to sneak by made Chet feel like a warlord or warrior. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z “We were determined to find, if we could, some effective way of demonstrating the power of an atomic bomb without loss of life that would impress Japans warlords. If only this could be done!” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z After it had been bombed during one of the many skirmishes between battling warlords, he had decided to leave the country. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z In Liberia, he meets the former warlord General Butt Naked, who earned that nickname after claiming to have taken troops into battle naked. Borat director Larry Charles: why I asked terrorists to tell me a joke 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z If you only read one autobiography from a sensitive 16th-century warlord this year, make it this one. A Warlord’s Memoir Is Surprisingly Modern and Charming, When It’s Not Gruesome 2020-11-30T05:00:00Z The soldiers will help her only if she spies for them, going undercover as a slave for a ruthless warlord. Sabaa Tahir, author of ‘A Torch in the Night,’ drew from her day job and upbringing 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z It’s about six ninjas, and then there’s an evil warlord named Garmadon. Justin Theroux on ‘The Leftovers,’ Lustrous Beards and Lego Ninjas 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z All the commanders and the warlords fought to host us and they would invite the whole city in our honour. Afghanistan has poetry in its soul 2012-05-21T11:50:01Z Dr. Seuss’s curmudgeonly Grinch, impersonating a Kabuki warlord, comes to mind. Review: ‘Krapp’s Last Tape,’ a Melancholy Tone Poem 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z Macbeth Southern California Shakespeare Festival stages the Bard's dark drama about the power-hungry Scottish warlord. L.A. theater openings, Aug. 30-Sept. 6: 'Romeo & Juliet' and more 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z Among his patients are victims of a ruthless warlord whose fighters slash the bellies of pregnant women with machetes. | 'In a Better World': A Do-Gooder Vision Clouded by Blind Spots 2011-03-31T22:22:34Z The mixture of military action and domestic drama gives the show its unique twist, as we cut between the guys taking out some desert-dwelling warlord and a wife back home having an affair. Your next box set: The Unit 2012-07-05T14:30:01Z Set in a bullet-scarred shack, the play focuses on four women, held as "wives" by a rebel warlord known only as "C.O." — or commanding officer. 'Walking Dead' star Danai Gurira also breaks out in the New York theater community with two plays 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z Mexico might be a more colorful Bosnia, where a girl can realize her naive dream only through abduction by a vicious warlord. Miss Bala: Beauty and the Beasts in a Mexican Drug War 2012-01-19T19:15:02Z The host of the debut episode, Isobel Yeung, journeys along bumpy roads to meet a warlord, and is barred from an interview despite having arranged for access — a marker of authenticity in this documentary style. Gloria Steinem Brings Feminism to Vice TV 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z In "The Lost Bladesman," Guan tries to escape after willingly becoming a prisoner to rival warlord Cao Cao so he can protect the wife of the warlord he himself serves, who is also trapped. Donnie Yen tackles iconic Three Kingdoms general 2011-04-22T16:16:08Z Are you keen to help finance the activities of warlords and insurgents across Afghanistan and Pakistan? The hill of gold 2011-02-19T00:05:32Z One brother is held prisoner first by an Afghan warlord, then by US forces. Nadeem Aslam: a life in writing 2013-01-26T10:00:03Z Kublai rules a massive empire, but still has unfinished business: the holdout remnants of the Chinese Song dynasty, as well as fellow warlords who fear that conquest has softened the Mongol out of Genghis’ grandson. REVIEW: Khan Job: Netflix's Ludicrous Marco Polo 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z This mountain hamlet is so coveted for its raw materials that it becomes the prize in a turf battle between two warlords. Review: ‘Tatara Samurai’ Forges a Man of Honor 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z To his horror, the warlord announces: “Good, I’ll send a magnum to your hotel room.” Books of The Times: Lawrence Osborne’s Alcohol Quest in ‘The Wet and the Dry’ 2013-07-23T18:57:11Z Early on, the Bush administration was not interested in nation-building and was happy with a conciliatory president who would co-opt corrupt warlords, not imprison them. Karzai Inc 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z O'Toole played the disgraced English seaman of the title, and Wallach once again portrayed a villain, the warlord known as the General. Eli Wallach dies: 10 memorable movie roles from his long career 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z She meets one of Somalia's most notorious U.S.-backed warlords, a man "with thick well-oiled curls and double-wide girth" whose thugs fleece his own population into abject poverty. Eliza Griswold's 'The Tenth Parallel': where Christianity and Islam meet 2010-09-29T21:40:00Z The pilots might officially carry aid to a disaster-stricken country, but stashed away in their planes' secret hiding places could be guns on their way to warlords or terrorists, drugs, illicit diamonds and the like. 'Outlaws Inc.': fueling the black-market pipeline 2011-10-12T21:59:09Z An African warlord goes on a blind date — apparently arranged over the Internet — with a dim bulb of a girl, and natters away about things like “flourless chocolate cake,” trending on Twitter and Malcolm Gladwell. Books of The Times: B. J. Novak’s Story Collection: ‘One More Thing’ 2014-01-27T21:38:31Z And patriotic pageants that begin innocently turn violently real, feral and ruled by a drunken slob turned warlord. Review: The Time for Prokofiev’s ‘War and Peace’ Is Now 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z Matches may involve individual players competing, or teams, often owned or sponsored by powerful warlords or other leaders. Traditional 'goat pulling' sport outlasts Afghan wars, politics 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z But I’d wager a good chunk of Galactic Credits that the galaxy was thrown into sectarian chaos, with pockets of peace and prosperity as well as planet-slums run by warlords and Imperial loyalists. The Most Shocking Revelation in the New Star Wars Trailer 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z Human rights groups accuse the Chechen warlord of persecuting critics and committing abuses in his fight against insurgents. The stars whose gigs courted controversy 2013-07-01T11:12:52Z It will also be hard to be a warlord in eastern Congo if warlords are touchy about negative publicity. Books of The Times: ‘The New Digital Age,’ by Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen 2013-04-25T22:05:35Z Instead it’s a Vietnam war comedy where Danny Glover and Ray Liotta do their best to stop a vengeful warlord from murdering an elephant by dropping it out of an airplane. Operation Dumbo Drop to Mr Boogedy: the 10 strangest Disney films 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z Macbeth Southern California Shakespeare Festival presents the Bard's dark drama about the power-hungry Scottish warlord. L.A. theater openings, Sept. 6-13: 'American Falls' and more 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z On tour, she talks about staring down Taliban warlords, kicking down doors to capture insurgents and sparing the life of an armed guard who would become a friend. Meet Kristin Beck, a transgender former Navy SEAL running for Congress 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, the warlord has come to Anton’s clinic, seeking treatment, which the doctor, adhering to a strict reading of his profession’s code of ethics, provides. | 'In a Better World': A Do-Gooder Vision Clouded by Blind Spots 2011-03-31T22:22:34Z Ractliffe told The Associated Press on Friday that he will be a witness at the international war crimes court in the trial of the former Liberian warlord. Naomi Campbell's friend: SAfricans have diamonds 2010-08-06T12:06:00Z And solve it he does, leading his hardy — or foolhardy — fellow filmmakers on a journey fraught with volatile warlords, ticked-off elephants and hungry lions. Movie Review: ‘Ikland’ Documents a Visit to a Vilified Tribe 2012-06-14T23:54:20Z The Tragedie of Macbeth Nine actors perform all the roles in this immersive staging of the Bard’s dark thriller about an ambitious Scottish warlord. The week ahead in SoCal theater, Oct. 14-21: 'Winter Solstice,' 'Dear Evan Hansen' and more 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z It is an offensive yet good-natured look at two missionaries who arrive in Uganda and get way more than they bargained for, including gun-toting warlords. 'Book of Mormon' fans gather in NY for free show 2012-06-05T21:05:03Z But his assessment of the Northern Alliance warlords was neither exaggerated nor inaccurate. America's 'detainee 001' ? the persecution of John Walker Lindh 2011-07-10T16:08:00Z In this scene, The Hoff shares a massage with an eastern European warlord, and there’s a joke about a finger going up a bumhole. The Hoff: 'The good thing with panto is, when you say no, they up the price!' 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Macbeth Ensemble Theatre Company opens its season with Shakespeare’s dark fable about an ambitious Scottish warlord. L.A. theater openings, Sept. 25-Oct. 2: 'Phoebe Zeitgeist Returns to Earth' and more 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Tomorrow night, PBS’s “Frontline” will air a 90-minute documentary on a profoundly chilling topic: the complicity of the American tire company Firestone in the regime of Liberian warlord Charles Taylor. TV’s forgotten continent: Why television refuses to depict the real Africa 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z Singers in hand-embroidered silk costumes play the characters of Chinese legend: emperors and warlords, wily bandits and maidens in distress. Music: Chinese Opera Gets a Modern Edge 2011-07-18T11:30:06Z She is of a generation in Africa in which rule by “strong men” and warlords wreaked havoc on women’s lives. Madam president? Ellen Johnson Sirleaf knows the job. Now she’d like some company. 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z Beasts is Beasts of No Nation, a harrowing African drama that stars Idris Elba as a terrifying warlord of a squad of child soldiers. Director Cary Fukunaga: ‘I thought nothing could be as hard as True Detective, but Beasts of No Nation eclipsed it’ 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z The warlord isn’t buying any of it, and the priceless contrast between attitudes here is the difference between the world of musicals and the world of real life. | 'The Book of Mormon' : Missionary Men With Confidence in Sunshine 2011-03-25T02:30:32Z One of the all-time great costume designers, she won an Oscar for “Black Panther” and could win another one just for General Izzi’s warlord couture. ‘Coming 2 America’ Review: Comedic Royalty 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z In parts of Nigeria these resource rents are shared between an elite that controls the state and armed warlords who held it to ransom through blowing up pipelines and kidnapping oil workers. Blood earth 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z For one much-discussed segment, Mr. Smith traveled to Liberia and profiled a warlord who called himself General Butt Naked, because he fought in the nude. Up Close: A Founder of Vice Magazine Branches Out 2010-08-16T21:02:00Z Anyway, he said, neither priests nor politicians — certainly not warlords — had helped the people of Goma to end a quarter-century of war. In Congo, Salaam Kivu Festival Brings Performers to Goma 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z She takes in a game of buzkashi and discovers that not all warlords are as scary as their name suggests. TV highlights 06/07/2011: Jo Frost: Extreme Parental Guidance 2011-07-05T22:00:01Z Perhaps in a world of warlords, sects and terror, the enduring appeal is the immediate spiritual self-determination that Rumi promises: Rumi: America’s favorite poet, from Persia, with love 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z Tywin is clearly King Edward I, a tall, ruthless warlord whose pursuit of dynastic dominance brought misery to the small folk across Britain. "Game of Thrones" in real life: Actual history, just as epic as George R.R. Martin's tales 2019-04-06T04:00:00Z What was some blond Californian dude think he was doing telling the world about a central African warlord? Jason Russell: Kony2012 and the fight for truth 2013-03-03T00:05:34Z Imagining Clinton as a polygamous warlord, they nickname him the Big Man of America and assume that Monica Lewinsky is his “No. 2.” How Broadway Imagines Africa 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z Here is a mighty army that has overconfidently set out to defeat an inhospitable, mountainous land controlled by bloodthirsty warlords. Centurion kicks off British sword and sandals film wave 2010-04-22T22:15:00Z This cunning and superpowered Asian warlord probably made a lot of sense when he was created in the early 1960s, when Red China was considered an enemy, and memories of Fu Manchu were still fresh. Comics: Most 'Iron Man' foes too dated for films 2010-05-04T19:22:00Z It starred a very young Anjelica Huston and the son of the Israeli warlord Moshe Dayan as two gullible youngsters promenading across Europe during the religious wars in the late 14th century. Cult films: just bad movies in a good disguise? 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z Promising up to 56,000 troops in a single battle, and a choice of nine factions, armchair warlords should flex their mouse fingers now. Games preview for 2011 2011-01-02T00:04:02Z Abdirizak Osman was a soft-spoken warlord, a graduate of Brown, with a fondness for golf and summer vacations in the Hamptons. T Magazine: Expatriot Games 2011-03-11T17:02:22Z The widow of a warlord, Beatrice is now in a loveless marriage to Filippo, the avaricious Duke of Milan. Music Review: Collegiate Chorale at Carnegie Hall 2012-12-07T20:57:38Z After scores of civilians were killed and wounded in a U.S. bombing that was targeting Somali warlords, journalists documenting the aftermath were attacked by a mob. Mother seeks to inspire with film of photojournalist son 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z The Nazis had seized human relics of deceased Teutonic warlords. Did Nazis really try to make zombies? The real history behind one of our weirdest WWII obsessions 2015-08-22T04:00:00Z The characters include foreign aid workers, the naive son of an Afghan warlord and a fish-out-of-water poetess, among others. Khaled Hosseini's new book is another tear-jerker 2013-05-20T12:48:35Z Rival warlords aligned to block Wu's ascendancy and, the narration adds in a switch to pulp-magazine idiom, "All hell was about to break loose." 'Detective Dee': A Masterpiece from a Hong Kong Cinema Swami 2011-09-01T05:10:00Z She's a nasty warlord when we first meet her in the Hercules series, and only gets slapped with the "Princess" title card when she decides to repent for her ways by becoming a do-gooder. From Snow White to Brave: the evolution of the Action Princess 2012-06-26T16:21:04Z He has the bad fortune of pilfering an orb that has planet-destroying powers coveted by the galaxy's evil warlords. Marvel cranks up sarcasm and 70s sound for 'Guardians of Galaxy' 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z I felt," he later explained to the court, "that I had an obligation to assist what I perceived to be an Islamic liberation movement against the warlords who were occupying several provinces in northern Afghanistan. America's 'detainee 001' ? the persecution of John Walker Lindh 2011-07-10T16:08:00Z Hardcore locals, he said, were incorrigible: “It’s like dealing with warlords.” California's surf wars: wave 'warlords' go to extreme lengths to defend their turf 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z But Ms. Jah, who was wonderful as the captive bride of an African warlord in “Eclipsed,” is just as good as another kind of sex slave here. Review: ‘Venus’ Recalls a Woman’s Fortune, and Her Ruin 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z The villain is Dong Zhuo, a tyrannical warlord known for his cruelty. Guo Wenjing’s ‘Feng Yi Te’ Mixes East and West 2012-07-20T17:11:45Z Often, the costumes incorporated elements from Japanese culture, particularly the silhouette of the kimono and the bold aesthetics of medieval samurai warlords. Kansai Yamamoto, Designer With Ziggy Stardust as a Client, Dies at 76 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z Another is near-blinded by a warlord's thumb dipped in crushed ruby dust. Nadeem Aslam: a life in writing 2013-01-26T10:00:03Z What he wanted, apparently, was to be a 12th-century Mongolian warlord. The Conqueror: Hollywood gives Genghis Khan a kicking he won't forget 2013-05-03T08:51:48Z For audiences at the time, the interracial romance between Barbara Stanwyck’s missionary character and a Chinese warlord contained shocking levels of intimacy — no matter that Nils Asther, a Swedish actor, played General Yen. These Talkies Star Complicated Women You Might Well Recognize 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z But the Imperial warlord isn't privy to the road that brought her to this showdown. We salute you Bo-Katan Kryze, but the third season of "The Mandalorian" took on too much 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z Eurydice's refusal to sanction the burial of the defeated warlord, Polynices, provokes violence quickly fomented by the militaristic opposition leader, Tydeus. Welcome to Thebes 2010-06-22T23:43:00Z Wehrey crisscrossed the country, flew back and forth along the coast, and sat with warlords and Islamists of uncertain intentions. Why Libya Continues to Burn 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z Usually the Avengers work together to fight against alien armies or a supervillain warlord trying to decimate the planet. What’s on TV This Week: CMA Fest and ‘Becoming Elizabeth’ 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z At yet another, he is forced at a tasting to declare that a foul Lebanese wine is delicious because it was made by a Druse warlord. Books of The Times: Lawrence Osborne’s Alcohol Quest in ‘The Wet and the Dry’ 2013-07-23T18:57:11Z This fearsome villain bears a distinct physical resemblance to several real-life warlords of recent history. In ‘How to Train Your Dragon 2,’ War and Peace and Beasties 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z When America’s coalition invaded Afghanistan in 2001, they stormed Taliban strongholds such as Kandahar, obliterating the presence of local warlords and scattering anti-American sentiment across the region. 10 striking images of graffiti in Kandahar 2014-01-05T13:00:00Z Macbeth Shakespeare’s tragedy of an ambitious Scottish warlord and his scheming wife. L.A. theater openings, June 19-26: 'Disgraced' and more 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z He was also nominated for Golden Globes for his lead performance in the BBC series “Luther” and his portrayal of an African warlord in the Netflix feature “Beasts of No Nation.” Idris Elba on Fatherhood and Hollywood Stereotypes 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z Bizarrely, the seeds of this transport revolution were planted by a Colombian drugs warlord, Pablo Escobar, whose home town of Medellín perfectly suited his nefarious needs, the steep-sided valleys creating isolated barrios within the city. Urban cable cars: from transport solution to tourist attraction 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z To tell his story, Chandrasekaran waded through canals under fire with the Marines, supped with warlords, toured the battlefield with commanders and talked politics with leaders in Washington and Kabul. Little America by Rajiv Chandrasekaran - review 2012-07-20T21:55:03Z Bob is a 50-something Southern California man who has had a Zelig-like relationship with South American drug lords, Middle Eastern warlords and the American military-industrial complex. Review | What is Sean Penn thinking? His debut novel is a mess, again. 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z Two years before "Buffy," television audiences were transported to "a time of ancient gods, warlords and kings" when "a land in turmoil cried out for a hero." Enough already with the white warrior woman worship 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z I even started to find sexual tension between the aforementioned warlord and a geeky accountant given the repeated alien-killing references of “getting them in the back”. Why Independence Day: Resurgence's gay couple are denied a close encounter 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z But how much responsibility do Africans — particularly the corrupt warlords that you show in the film — have for their own fate? ‘We come as friends’: The world’s most consequential lie 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z The permanent exhibition begins with Henry VIII, charting his progress from muscular warrior to overweight warlord. Steel skirts and codpieces: exhibition charts royal armour through the centuries 2010-03-31T17:11:00Z The duke could do many things but playing a 13th century Mongol warlord was not one of them. Hollywood and the downwinders still grapple with nuclear fallout 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z Killjoys What is expected to be a straightforward hostage exchange takes a deadly turn when a vengeful warlord strands the Killjoys in a bombed-out, restricted city wasteland. Friday's TV Highlights: 'Teen Beach 2' on the Disney Channel 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z Anna Chao Pai is the granddaughter of a Chinese warlord whose family inverted the usual immigrant trajectory when they arrived in this country in the 1940s. The Independent Women of Sweet Briar 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z The series goes to places others haven't, featuring interviews with not just officials from varying presidential administrations and CIA members, but also Taliban commanders, members of the Afghan government, Afghan warlords and Afghan civilians. A 9/11 viewer's guide, from the new Michael Keaton drama to surprising documentaries 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z In the south and east, rival warlords maintained an uneasy relationship with Chiang's nationalists. China's War with Japan, 1937-1945: The Struggle for Survival by Rana Mitter – review 2013-06-06T11:00:01Z Before long, I, too, was a queen, bedraggled by a long journey, surely, but with my warlord, a nomadic Dothraki, at my side. Learning to Love Airport Lit 2012-02-17T20:39:16Z Six of the 11 presidential tickets in Afghanistan include at least one candidate viewed as a warlord, complicating American efforts to get the next administration to sign a long-term security deal. The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia 2014-02-27T17:04:29Z The stark compositions and the wilds of nature contribute to this unusually visceral rendering of a warlord’s descent into madness. Movie Listings for Feb. 26-Mar. 3 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z Blinded by fury, their lives are now dictated by bloodthirsty vengeance as they slash, maim and kill their way up the shadowy network of warlords responsible for setting them up. Matt LeBlanc comedy Episodes shows what can go wrong in remaking telly 2011-01-08T00:08:02Z From as early as the first century B.C., the region was known as a meeting place for artisans and traders, not warlords and insurgents. Lost and Found: Afghan Treasures Reunite at the British Museum 2011-03-27T06:35:00Z In a post-apocalyptic desert wasteland, a loner haunted by his past gets swept up in a battle against a ruthless warlord. Summer Sneaks 2015: The List 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z The show sought accommodation and understanding with distant peoples as much as triumph over alien warlords. Star Trek Into Darkness: The Young and the Reckless 2013-05-13T19:01:26Z “Like neighboring warlords in a third world country,” Tanner observes, “they maintained an uneasy balance of power.” Movie Review: In ‘G.B.F.,’ Being Outed by Accident Is a Ticket to Status 2014-01-24T00:03:54Z However, he's up against two cutthroat warlords: the effete, very French Bob and locavore Rose, who grows her own greens, raises grass-fed lambs and wears a very familiar cloche hat. Bourdain book goes graphic: Chef playfully skewers foodie culture 2012-07-10T04:59:47Z In October, Netflix unveiled Beasts of No Nation, an uncompromising drama starring Idris Elba as a fearsome warlord in charge of an army of child soldiers in an unnamed African country. Black films matter: why Chi-Raq and Beast of No Nation are game-changers 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z He produced three comedies about corrupt government leaders and warlords. Somali comic received death threats before murder 2012-08-02T16:24:40Z "The Redemption of General Butt Naked" about a brutal Liberian warlord turned evangelist, displayed a fascinating character. Sundance documentaries offer broad view of the world 2011-01-26T17:23:24Z Unsurprisingly, it represents the country’s founding warlord, Genghis Khan, whose armies “conquered a seventh of the world’s surface. On horseback.” Review | ‘The Border’ asks: What is life like when you live next door to a bully nation? 2021-03-10T05:00:00Z Perhaps the boldest plot idea, eventually discarded, was to end Act I with a Ugandan warlord killing Elder Price, the leading man. Arts & Leisure: The Twisty Road to Uganda and Broadway 2011-05-13T12:35:30Z General Butt Naked, the cannibal warlord of Liberia Before meeting Smith I've been trying to get a proper immersive sense of what that content might include. Shane Smith: 'I want to build the next CNN with Vice – it's within my grasp' 2013-03-23T22:24:20Z That peace is about to end: The Danes are massing under the formidable leadership of the Viking warlord Cnut Ranulfson. Cornwell’s ‘The Pagan Lord’: a bloody battle for England 2014-01-22T22:29:30Z Montefiore, whose previous books include a vivid portrait of Josef Stalin's Kremlin, offers a fact-rich and mostly chronological account of the conquerors, empires and warlords who have taken turns ruling and ravaging the city. 'Jerusalem': An unholy history of a holy city 2011-12-22T00:52:03Z Americans share space stations with the Chinese, consult with the Germans and enlist the help of African warlords. ‘Independence Day: Resurgence’: With These Spaceships, I Thee Invade. Again. 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z The New Yorker magazine has referred to Dostum as "perhaps Afghanistan's most notorious warlord", a man who is "viewed by most human rights organisations as among the worst war criminals in the country". America's 'detainee 001' ? the persecution of John Walker Lindh 2011-07-10T16:08:00Z Also, the period followed a time of violent domestic strife among warlords that caused the destruction of many temples and artworks. Spellbinding Treasures From Japan’s Kamakura Period at Asia Society 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z Imagine If C3PO really did exist and, post-Star Wars, dated an abusive Somalian warlord who left him penniless and in deep cognitive therapy. This week's new singles 2011-08-05T23:08:27Z This is the same woman, after all, who was in love with Khal Drogo, a murderous warlord whose life was literally about sacking villages and towns to kidnap people to sell into slavery. "Game of Thrones": Don't be shocked by Daenerys — her King's Landing turn was very much earned 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z In the recent years, lords and warlords have competed to have the best poets onside, much like the courts of the past kings. Afghanistan has poetry in its soul 2012-05-21T11:50:01Z He eventually hunts down a spy known as the Red Ferret, daringly rescues 20 archers held captive by a brutal warlord and, not least, conquers an exceptional warrior at the battle of Poictiers. Review | Arthur Conan Doyle wrote more than detective novels. Let’s not forget his more swashbuckling stories. 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z But Africans are these warlords and also the children in the villages. ‘We come as friends’: The world’s most consequential lie 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z Laukkaing is known for hosting major organized criminal enterprises including cyberscam operations controlled by Chinese investors in cooperation with local Myanmar warlords. An ethnic resistance group in northern Myanmar says an entire army battalion surrendered to it 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z It has been blighted by conflict and poverty since Myanmar's independence in 1948, fragmented into the fiefdoms of different warlords, drug bosses or ethnic rebels who have been fighting each other and the army. A turning point in Myanmar as army suffers big losses 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z The crime rings are headed by ethnic Chinese, often in cooperation with local Myanmar warlords. Alliance of 3 ethnic rebel groups carries out coordinated attacks in northeastern Myanmar 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z Humanitarians often have to work with distasteful governments, “nonstate armed actors” and warlords to gain access to the people in greatest need. Opinion: Why isn't more humanitarian aid reaching Gazans? 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z In 2000, after a warlord placed a hit on him, he fled to neighboring Venezuela, where he was arrested. Shadowy snitch takes starring role in bribery trial of veteran DEA agents 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z These three contenders have pledged to set up the court if elected - though some have expressed doubts about Mr Boakai's commitment, given his alliance with former warlord Prince Yormie Johnson, now a serving senator. Liberia election: George Weah faces demands for war crimes court 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z Incredibly strong, stark images, not taken recently but in 1996, from when Kabul was reduced to a shattered moonscape by the battles between competing warlords. James Nachtwey: The last of the great photojournalists 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z In others, including Libya and Sudan, they have supplied warlords with weapons and training to mount challenges to fragile governments. Wagner Group May Have Lost ‘Mythical Appeal’ in Africa 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z As an instrument to project Russian power globally, his soldiers-for-hire were deployed to Africa to provide security for warlords and fought in Syria to shore up the regime of President Bashar Assad. Russian mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin challenged the Kremlin in a brief mutiny 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z "We don't need another war", she emphasises, in a nod to voices, including former military commanders and old warlords, who still harbour hopes of eventually toppling the current order by force. Talking to the Taliban: Right or wrong? 2023-08-13T04:00:00Z "Setting up the regime should serve as a deterrent to Sudanese warlords. It's a last warning," one of the sources said, adding that the framework would stick to individual targets rather than any sectoral moves. EU to toughen its stance on Sudan war with sanctions framework - sources 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z Prigozhin's Wagner group has had its powers dramatically cut since the botched mutiny last month, and the warlord himself has held back from his earlier expletive-laden tirades against the defence minister and army chief. Russian hardline Putin critic and commander Strelkov detained 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z It was the battlefield role of Mr. Prigozhin’s Wagner mercenary force that apparently prompted Mr. Putin to overlook the warlord’s criticism of the war effort. After Armed Rebellion, Putin Tries to Reinforce His Defenses 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z Wagner fighters reportedly provided security for African leaders or warlords in exchange for lucrative payments, often including a share of gold mines or other natural resources. Russian mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin challenged the Kremlin in a brief mutiny 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, the Russian caterer turned warlord — armed with tanks and a private army— showed Russia and the world what an alternative to President Vladimir V. Putin might look like. Mutiny Provided Glimpse of a Post-Putin Russia. Is the Window Still Open? 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z Yet how the revolt by Wagner Group mercenaries under the command of Russian warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin affects the trajectory of the war remains to be seen. Ukraine aims to wear down and outsmart a Russian army distracted by infighting 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z The United States Department of Defense said in 2020 that Wagner's support for Haftar appeared to have been paid for by the United Arab Emirates, which backed the warlord along with Russia and Egypt. Wagner's global operations: War, oil and gold 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z He is the mercurial freelance warlord who made a last-ditch attempt to win by force in one of the most extraordinary Russian power struggles in recent memory. Your Wednesday Briefing 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z Belarusian President Lukashenko confirmed that Prigozhin had arrived in Belarus, and said the warlord and some of his troops were welcome to stay “for some time” at their own expense. Recapping the revolt in Russia, through the words of 4 presidents and a mutinous warlord 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z But it is equally the personal story of an obstreperous and mercurial freelance warlord who undertook an emotional last-ditch attempt to win by force one of the most extraordinary Russian power struggles in recent memory. His Glory Fading, a Russian Warlord Took One Last Stab at Power 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z The big picture: Our reporters reconstruct Prigozhin’s personal story as a mercurial freelance warlord who made a last-ditch attempt to win by force, one of the most extraordinary Russian power struggles in recent memory. Your Wednesday Briefing: Wagner Chief in Exile 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z For a while there it looked as if Russian President Vladimir Putin might be overthrown by a monstrous mercenary warlord named Yevgeny Prigozhin. Trump's messianic appeal can't be copied 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z The Economist magazine wrote: “Putin has shown he can no longer maintain order among his warlords. He has been greatly weakened by the challenge — and in his world weakness tends to lead to further instability.” Crisis Abated 2023-06-25T04:00:00Z Wagner fighters allegedly provide security for national leaders or warlords in exchange for lucrative payments, often including a share of gold or other natural resources. Prigozhin, the mercenary chief urging an uprising against Russia’s generals, has long ties to Putin 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z Only in the past few years has Somalia begun to find its footing after three decades of chaos from warlords to the al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab extremist group and the emergence of Islamic State-linked extremist groups. UN says Somali faces a `dire hunger emergency’ but aid has been cut to millions over lack of funding 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z Ultimately, medieval politics represented a “warlord” system of political organization, in many cases barely a step above anarchy. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z It was formed by a small group of Turkic-speaking warriors assisted by Anatolian and Balkan Christian warlords and their followers at the end of the thirteenth century. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z The empire carried on in an enfeebled state, but over the ensuing decades, Chang’an ceded much military and civil authority to provincial warlords. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Did the world get Donald Trump the fighter, wannabe warlord, and demagogue professional wrestling heel? What the media missed from Trump by falling for his CNN distraction 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z There is a danger that hunger will become a weapon of war, and aid will be a resource manipulated by warlords. Sudan crisis: Mediators over a barrel in mission to end fighting 2023-05-07T04:00:00Z Placed on the throne as a puppet by his Turkic warlord “protector” in 1587, Abbas went on to seize real power and use it to restore Iranian military, commercial, and political strength. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z They deserve to live as kids and not have to worry about hunters or morally suspect scientists or power-hungry warlords or the weight of saving the world. Commentary: These TV dads are gruff and brutally violent, but they are also nurturing 2023-05-03T04:00:00Z Its political order fragmented under Germanic warlords empowered mainly by their ability to provide loot for their followers. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z But Mr. Biden did turn over $80 billion in American weaponry to terrorists in Afghanistan, sparked a war in Ukraine and handed America’s border over to the drug cartels and human smuggling warlords of Mexico. Joe Biden channeling a Jerry Springer presidency 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z A Libyan warlord offered weapons to his favored side, American officials said. Seeing Opportunities, World Powers Take Sides in Sudan War 2023-04-22T04:00:00Z The marriage of convenience between the two warlords — built on a shared contemptuousness of Sudanese civilians’ democratic aspirations — collapsed into winner-takes-all battle for supremacy in which civilians are the collateral damage. Opinion | The eruption of violence in Sudan shows the generals can’t be trusted 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z At age 91, he took part in the first case before the court by delivering a closing statement in the prosecution of accused Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, who was convicted of war crimes. Ben Ferencz, last surviving Nuremberg prosecutor, dies at 103 2023-04-08T04:00:00Z In each city, the lugals rose to power primarily as warlords, since the Sumerian cities often waged war against each other for control of farmland and access to water as well as other natural resources. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z 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. The U.S. has long been wary of the I.C.C., but relations have been thawing. 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z And the Obama administration took a step toward helping the court by offering rewards for the capture of fugitive warlords in Africa the court had indicted. Pentagon Blocks Sharing Evidence of Possible Russian War Crimes With Hague Court 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z But the international community adopted what, we told ourselves, was the only realistic approach: dealing with the warlords themselves. Opinion | The eruption of violence in Sudan shows the generals can’t be trusted 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z On the rare occasion he is not busy being a warlord trying to conquer all reality, Kang — or alternate variants of him — has fought alongside these superhero teams. Kang the Conqueror is Marvel's next big villain. Here's his backstory 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z However, long centuries of fending off invasions by Islamized Turkic warlords from central Asia had taken their toll. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z They all asked for anonymity because of the risk of reprisals back home where former warlords still hold prominent roles. Liberian warlord's trial concludes in Switzerland 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z Estrada chose the former, falling in with the Imperial Bachelors and working his way up the ranks to “warlord, first division.” From disco days to Seattle dance parties, the hustle brings us together 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z Instead, we reflexively appeased and accommodated the two warlords. Opinion | The eruption of violence in Sudan shows the generals can’t be trusted 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z He denounced the warlords and militias, including Shiite-led Hezbollah, that effectively carved out state-within-a-state fiefdoms in Lebanon to sharply undercut the central government’s ability to steer the country. Hussein Husseini, ‘father’ of pact that ended Lebanon’s civil war, dies at 85 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z Some warlords still hold influential positions in the country. Former Liberian rebel seeks to overturn Swiss war crimes ruling 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z The official said U.S. officials continued to raise the issue with the Tripoli-based government and with warlords they were dealing with in the fight against Islamic militants in Libya. Libya militia held Lockerbie suspect before handover to US 2022-12-17T05:00:00Z He fueled the brutal war against civilians in Liberia waged by the warlord Charles Taylor, in which an estimated 300,000 people lost their lives. Blowback Over Griner’s Release Exposes Depth of America’s Divisions 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z In any case, a cynical cease-fire premised on power-sharing between the warlords will not be stable. Opinion | The eruption of violence in Sudan shows the generals can’t be trusted 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z Bout has been accused of supplying weapons to South America, the Middle East and Africa, including Liberian warlord Charles Taylor and Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi, according to an Associated Press rundown of his exploits. Brittney Griner release comes with doubts about swap for ‘merchant of death,’ plight of Paul Whelan 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z He is also alleged to have armed both sides in Angola's civil war and supplied weapons to warlords and governments from the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of Congo to Sudan and Libya. Viktor Bout: Who is the Merchant of Death? 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z Operating out of the United Arab Emirates, he used a fleet of Soviet-era planes to supply guns to insurgencies, warlords and rogue states around the world. Factbox: Viktor Bout, the arms dealer Russia has swapped for Brittney Griner 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z Viktor Bout sold arms to warlords and rogue governments, becoming one of the world's most wanted men. Griner: Russia frees US basketball star in swap with arms dealer Bout 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z Over the course of the last few weeks, Donald Trump has amplified his warlord ambitions, and increasingly embraced the types of extreme beliefs and behavior that fuel such an identity. Of course Trump wants to "terminate" Constitution: He wants to seize power and rule by force 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z A prominent politician and warlord, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, also escaped unhurt a separate attack in Kabul on Friday, his office said in a statement. Gun attack targets Pakistan’s top diplomat in Kabul 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z Large expanses of the capital are now impenetrable without risking attack by the criminals who rule over them like warlords. As Haiti Unravels, U.S. Officials Push to Send in an Armed Foreign Force 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z Face to face with the bandit warlords of Nigeria. Gunmen abduct dozens in Nigeria's Zamfara state 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z For almost two decades, Bout was one of the world's most notorious arms dealers, selling weaponry to rogue states, rebel groups and murderous warlords in Africa, Asia and South America. Russia hopeful of U.S. prisoner swap including Bout 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z Last Thursday, Donald Trump again demonstrated his commitment to becoming an American fascist warlord. Of course Trump wants to "terminate" Constitution: He wants to seize power and rule by force 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z Replacing a violent hereditary warlord king with a president and congress elected by the people. Republicans pointed a weapon at the heart of our democracy — in 1964. We're feeling it now 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z Crucially, the group centralized revenues from taxes, cutting out corrupt warlords and factions. The world needs chromite and lithium. Afghanistan has them. What happens next? 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z In North Africa, Russia’s Wagner Group mercenaries are reportedly present at bases and ports controlled by the Libyan National Army of rebel warlord Khalifa Hifter. North Korea covertly supplying Russia with artillery rounds, U.S. says 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z Donald Trump's aspiration to warlord status is guided by his malicious gifts as an entrepreneur of violence. Political warlord Trump now targets his enemies — and Mitch is first on the list 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z A successful warlord must of course reward the loyalty of his most loyal foot soldiers and paramilitaries, especially those who enthusiastically embrace his most dubious and dangerous commandments. Of course Trump wants to "terminate" Constitution: He wants to seize power and rule by force 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z Thailand abuts the so-called Golden Triangle, a lawless border zone of Thailand, Laos and Myanmar, where many of the world’s synthetic drugs are churned out by warlords and kingpins, mostly in Myanmar. Gunman Kills Dozens, Including Children, in Rampage at Thai Child Care Center 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z That includes stamping out the pervasive corruption that riddled the industry, involving officials, their cronies, warlords, fly-by-night contractor outfits and even U.S. special forces operatives and the Taliban’s own fighters. The world needs chromite and lithium. Afghanistan has them. What happens next? 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z On screen, actor Tom Hardy’s iconic characters have fought the likes of Batman, extraterrestrial monsters and post-apocalyptic warlords. Tom Hardy, a ‘really nice guy,’ secretly wins martial-arts championship in U.K. 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z Aspiring warlord Donald Trump has told America and the world exactly what he and his movement intend to do. Political warlord Trump now targets his enemies — and Mitch is first on the list 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z How is the mainstream news media responding to Trump's escalating warlord behavior and his threats of violence? Of course Trump wants to "terminate" Constitution: He wants to seize power and rule by force 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z After about six weeks — an intense period of paying off warlords, dealing with demands from headquarters, and suffering multiple bouts of stomach issues — Schroen was summoned home, just days before his 60th birthday. A CIA spy pursued bin Laden after 9/11. Now he’s being mourned as a legend. 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z As a result, militias — some of them led by warlords the U.N. has sanctioned for abuses — benefit from millions in funds the European Union gives to Libya to stop the migrant flow to Europe. Video of child refugee in Libya sheds light on rampant abuse 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z After Operation Cyclone, warlords, heroin and human traffickers, and zealots fought in the ruins. Way up there in blue: Seven children dead in Kabul — who is to blame? 2022-08-27T04:00:00Z Without an effective Somali government, however, the warlords who controlled different regions often stole food, and their forces endangered the lives of UN workers. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z It wanted to weaken warlords and militias, yet would also rely on them when it wanted to establish security quickly. Opinion | Kabul fell one year ago. Here are the lessons we should learn. 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z President Ashraf Ghani had reshuffled his military leadership, and militia units led by the powerful and notorious warlords of Afghanistan’s past had taken up arms to defend their economic fiefs. The Tumultuous Summer That Changed the World 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z Many of those in power are former warlords and militia commanders from the 1975-90 civil war. Beirut bank standoff exposes desperation of economic crisis 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z ‘Macbeth’ Independent Shakespeare Co.’s annual Griffith Park Free Shakespeare Festival continues with the Bard’s tragic tale of a power-mad Scottish warlord and his scheming wife. 9 best bets for your L.A. weekend: Shakespeare, 'Hadestown,' jazz, fireworks and more 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z The militias and warlords have turned Myanmar’s frontier with China into a modern-day wild west, with each tiny fiefdom demanding a cut of the profits that flow through its land. ‘The Sacrifice Zone’: Myanmar bears cost of green energy 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z On my way, I’d pass through a neighborhood called Sherpur, notorious for its gaudy “poppy palaces” with wedding-cake balconies and mirrored windows, built on land appropriated by warlords and government officials after the U.S. invasion. The Taliban’s Dangerous Collision Course With the West 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z For almost two decades, Bout became the world’s most notorious arms dealer, selling weaponry to rogue states, rebel groups and murderous warlords in Africa, Asia and South America. Who is Viktor Bout, arms dealer linked to swap for Americans held by Moscow? 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z He also purged the national police of 600 corrupt officers and cracked down on scores of warlords engaged in smuggling, drug-running and other crimes. Fidel V. Ramos, Philippine President Who Broke With Marcos, Dies at 94 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z Bill Horace was an accused warlord in his home country of Liberia. Why an accused Liberian warlord was killed in Canada 2022-07-16T04:00:00Z Only months after my visit, they were killed by warlords who wanted their apartment. Hope and despair: Kathy Gannon on 35 years in Afghanistan 2022-07-02T04:00:00Z They have arrested warlords and announced a ban on opium cultivation. The Taliban’s Dangerous Collision Course With the West 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z Thrice the AP lost its equipment to thieving warlords, only to be returned after negotiations with the top warlord. Hope and despair: Kathy Gannon on 35 years in Afghanistan 2022-07-02T04:00:00Z ‘Ran’ An aging Japanese warlord descends into madness as his kingdom falls to ruin in a 4K restoration of this epic 1985 samurai drama directed by the legendary Akira Kurosawa. Classic movies in SoCal: ‘Independence Day,’ ‘The Fast and the Furious,’ ‘Ran’ and more 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z Bill Horace, an accused Liberian warlord who fled to Canada, was shot to death in 2020. Why an accused Liberian warlord was killed in Canada 2022-07-16T04:00:00Z Both countries suffered a long civil war followed by a tenuous and rocky recovery, all the while dominated by corrupt warlords and family cliques that amassed enormous foreign debt and stubbornly held on to power. A world apart, Lebanon and Sri Lanka share economic collapse 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z The former rural warlord had stayed on the run for more than a decade by corrupting state officials and aligning himself with combatants on the left and right. Italy seizes 4 tons of cocaine linked to Colombian Gulf Clan 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z To most Lebanese, Berri, an 84-year-old former warlord, is a symbol of this entrenched sectarian-based political system and ruling class, which continues to hold despite rising discontent and the new reform-minded lawmakers to won seats. Lebanon’s new parliament narrowly elects longtime speaker 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z Going undercover, Lu follows both trails to a warlord in Myanmar. 7 books you'll want on your summer thriller reading list 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z His first real success on this score was his participation in negotiations in 1997 that oversaw the removal of the infamous "Green Line", which divided Mogadishu into two sections controlled by rival clan warlords. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud: Who is Somalia's new leader? 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z Others are warlords from the Lebanese civil war, which ended in 1990, or, in some cases, their sons. After Lebanon’s Collapse, Can an Election Fix the Country? 2022-05-15T04:00:00Z The former rural warlord, better known by his alias Otoniel, had stayed on the run for more than a decade by corrupting state officials and aligning himself with combatants on the left and right. Colombia extradites feared head of Gulf Clan to US 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z Lebanon’s rulers, many of them warlords and militia holdovers from the days of the 1975-90 civil war, have proven extremely resilient. Lebanon vote holds little hope for change despite disasters 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z His story depicts villagers being run off by an evil warlord, Dunbier said. Kapow! U.S. comic book stars raise money for Ukraine refugees 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z European governments have been paying foreign despots and warlords, in countries like Sudan and Libya, to detain migrants on their behalf for years. The World’s Broken Promise of Asylum 2022-04-17T04:00:00Z By contrast, he argued, “there is no rule of law in Russia any more than there would be in certain parts of Africa” where the court has prosecuted warlords for atrocities. U.S. weighs a shift to support World Court as it investigates Russian atrocities 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z —In 2012, the International Criminal Court convicted warlord Thomas Lubanga Dyilo of drafting and enlisting children under 15 years old to fight in an ethnic conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo. How would those accused of Ukraine war crimes be prosecuted? 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z “Unfortunately the only focus was on the war, the warlords and the corrupt politicians,” said Haqpal. Afghanistan world’s unhappiest country, even before Taliban 2022-03-19T04:00:00Z One of the first suspects charged by the court was Joseph Kony, a Ugandan warlord who leads the cult-like Lord’s Resistance Army rebel group. ICC prosecutor launches Ukraine war crimes investigation 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z Real authority fell into the hands of provincial warlords or powerful military leaders. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The Obama administration bolstered its efforts to prosecute warlords in Africa, offering rewards for the capture of fugitives indicted by the court. U.S. weighs a shift to support World Court as it investigates Russian atrocities 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z For years now, Somalia, located on the eastern tip of Africa, has not had a permanent functioning government; rival warlords control different parts of the country. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Stabler’s task force targets deep-pocketed warlords and ethnic outfits, armed traffickers who hijack shipping containers and vaccine supplies. ‘Law & Order’ Is Having an Identity Crisis 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z Japan has become one of the world’s most difficult countries to enter and critics compare it to the “sakoku” locked country policy of xenophobic warlords who ruled Japan in the 17th to 19th centuries. Japan to ease border controls amid criticism as exclusionist 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z Together Jiang’s Nationalist forces and the Communists successfully fought the warlords. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Bin Laden was brought to Afghanistan by Afghan warlords after being expelled from Sudan in 1996. Ex-Afghan president: Biden order on frozen funds an atrocity 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z Japan has become one of the world’s most difficult countries to enter and critics compare it to the locked country, or “sakoku,” policy of xenophobic warlords who ruled Japan in the 17th to 19th centuries. Japan mulls easing COVID border controls amid criticism 2022-02-12T05:00:00Z Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was brought to Afghanistan by Afghan warlords after being expelled from Sudan in 1996. Afghans protest US order to give $3.5B to 9/11 victims 2022-02-12T05:00:00Z A similar mass exodus of Afghanistan’s professional class occurred in the 1980s and 1990s, when the Soviets withdrew and the Taliban wrested control from the warlords who filled the leadership vacuum. The Taliban Have Staffing Issues. They Are Looking for Help in Pakistan. 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z After the fall of the Tang Dynasty, rival warlords divided China into separate kingdoms. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Whether from left or right political camps, our death-threat culture is snuffing out actual politics in favor of blunt force and will drive out good people in favor of warlords and crime bosses. Politics: ‘A dark turn’ 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z “They are mostly being invested in the bank accounts of smugglers and warlords.” On Syria’s Ruins, a Drug Empire Flourishes 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z Those same warlords would later ally with the U.S.-led coalition to oust the Taliban in 2001. Afghans protest US order to give $3.5B to 9/11 victims 2022-02-12T05:00:00Z The Taliban, he said, are running a government “that acts like a warlord who has seized everything.” Despite mistrust, Afghan Shiites seek Taliban protection 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z Delhi eventually became the capital of a loose empire of Turkish warlords called the Delhi Sultanate. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Only in the past few years has Somalia begun to find its footing after three decades of chaos from warlords to al-Shabab and the emergence of an Islamic State-linked extremist group. UN condemns arms supply to Somalia’s al-Shabab, keeps UN ban 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z One particularly powerful warlord, openly maneuvering to seize power, is promoting pandemonium and halting fuel supplies in hopes of toppling the government. Opinion | Haiti descends into chaos, yet the world continues to look away 2021-10-31T04:00:00Z Are the genes that put warlords on thrones now producing a celebrity aristocracy? How millions don't know they're related to royalty 2021-10-31T04:00:00Z The country has been driven to bankruptcy by a handful of politicians, most of whom began as sectarian warlords. How Corruption Ruined Lebanon 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z Under this system, security came from this group of powerful warlords. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z They regularly flew into a remote airstrip outside Mogadishu, carrying suitcases of money for a coalition of warlords who had promised to help hunt Al Qaeda. A C.I.A. Fighter, a Somali Bomb Maker, and a Faltering Shadow War 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z Since the war, the sectarian-based warlords who fought it have divvied up political power, signing a pact in 1989 and issuing an amnesty for themselves. Beirut clash fires up sectarian anger in echo of civil war 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z During the Taliban’s previous rule, many Afghans initially embraced the militants for bringing law and order after years under the grip of corrupt warlords and their militias. Afghanistan’s war is over, but the Taliban faces a new hurdle: Enforcing the law — and protecting Afghans from ISIS 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z “If you still believe that you can trust the same warlords to take new aid money in order to fix the problems, you’re delusional,” he said. How Corruption Ruined Lebanon 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z One of theses warlords listened intently to a Japanese observer’s description of a musket: World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z But the operation backfired badly in June 2006 when public hostility toward those warlords galvanized support for an Islamist group, the Islamic Courts Union, that swept to power briefly. A C.I.A. Fighter, a Somali Bomb Maker, and a Faltering Shadow War 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z In his final days as chairman in 1993, 18 Americans troops were killed pursuing a warlord in Mogadishu, Somalia, in an incident that became know as “Blackhawk Down” after two transport helicopters were shot down. Colin Powell, Who Shaped U.S. National Security, Dies at 84 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z “I’ve gotten to know presidents and tyrants, Nobel laureates and warlords, while visiting 160 countries,” Mr. Kristof said in his statement on Thursday. Nicholas Kristof Leaves New York Times as He Considers a Political Run 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z But migrants and others inside Libya say the issue is clear cut: It’s the militias and warlords who have become powerful government figures in many areas. Ransomed and beaten: Migrants face abuse in Libyan detention 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z To destroy the power of rival warlords, he introduced a policy called “strengthening the trunk and weakening the branches.” World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The C.I.A. station chief overseeing support for the warlords was transferred. A C.I.A. Fighter, a Somali Bomb Maker, and a Faltering Shadow War 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z Somalia’s National Theatre, built by the Chinese in 1967, has been occupied by warlords and targeted by suicide bombers. For three decades, no films were publicly screened in Somalia. Until now. 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z I abhor the trillions of our tax dollars that lined the pockets of U.S. defense contractors — they are the real beneficiaries of our war, along with the corrupt warlords we supported, not the Afghan people. The superpower I call home cannot abandon the Afghan ‘supergirls’ of my homeland 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z It closed in 1991 at the start of the civil war, and was used as a base for warlords fighting over the capital. Somalis enjoy first public film screening in 30 years 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z For safety, farmers and small landowners traded parts of their land to strong warlords in exchange for protection. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Such barriers — erected near ministries, embassies and private homes of politicians and warlords — had been commonplace in Kabul for years. Taliban-run Kabul municipality to female workers: Stay home 2021-09-19T04:00:00Z When a civil war hit Somalia in 1991, the National Theatre fell into disarray as warlords occupied it and anarchy reigned. For three decades, no films were publicly screened in Somalia. Until now. 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z “Everyone is tired of war,” the op-ed from the brutal warlord read. The U.S. branded the Haqqanis terrorists and issued $5 million bounties. Now they’re in power in the Taliban government. 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z The theatre has been a suicide bomb target and a base for warlords. Somalis enjoy first public film screening in 30 years 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z As their power grew, these warlords claimed to be kings in their own territory. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The Romans retake the city to find the Jewish population exhausted by internal strife, wretched and starving after their rival warlords burned each other’s grain stores. For a Fractured Israel, a Film Offers Ominous Lessons From Ancient Past 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z And corruption pervaded Afghanistan’s U.S.-backed government, which included former warlords. For some refugees who came to the U.S. after Sept. 11, this is what life has been like “They would talk about how they might have expected torture and abuse from the Saddam Hussein regime, or one of the warlords, but they hadn’t expected it from Americans,” she said. In the shadow of the towers: Five lives and a world transformed Over more than four decades of conflict, warlords go dormant, then emerge years later in official positions. Hamid Karzai is back in the thick of Afghan politics but a long way from power 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z He’s played husbands and lovers, gangsters and cops, dynastic warlords and kung fu masters, heroes and villains. The essential Tony Leung: Where to find the 'Shang-Chi' standout’s best movies 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z Under their corruption, the country devolved into a collection of fiefdoms that enriched local warlords and led to the Taliban’s rise. Afghanistan’s arc from 9/11 to today: once hopeful, now sad 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z These warlords have done the bidding of the Americans before. The graveyard of empires strikes back: But the rage of a dying power can be dreadful 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z The day began with U.S. forces doing battle with a Somali warlord’s soldiers. Delta Force sniper memorialized for heroism in Somalia 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z State Department report as a "quintessential warlord" here. Veteran Afghan strongmen to form new front for negotiating with Taliban 2021-08-29T04:00:00Z For years, blood diamonds and conflict minerals from Africa were defined narrowly, as resources used by dangerous militias and warlords to finance their operations. Opinion | Sorry, Beyoncé, but Tiffany’s blood diamonds aren’t a girl’s best friend 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z The Afghan military that would collapse in the wake of Taliban advances in 2021 began existence with its recruits often more loyal to a warlord than the army itself. Afghanistan’s arc from 9/11 to today: once hopeful, now sad 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z Blackwater allegedly supplied a warlord conspiring to overthrow Lybia's democratically elected government with weapons — and soldiers of fortune — in exchange for $80 million, reported the New York Times. Blackwater founder and alleged war criminal selling $6500 tickets for flights out of Kabul 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z "If Taliban warlords launch an assault, they will of course face staunch resistance from us… Yet we know that our military forces and logistics will not be sufficient," he wrote in his Washington Post article. Afghanistan: The 'undefeated' valley an hour from Kabul 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z They returned to see newly empowered warlords enlisted by the Americans. Bilal Sarwary: 'In the city I loved, suddenly nowhere was safe' 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z 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. Some Afghans vow to resist Taliban from mountain enclave 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z Most of it passed through the hands of U.S.-allied warlords whose corruption had led to the Taliban’s rise in the 1990s. Afghanistan’s arc from 9/11 to today: once hopeful, now sad 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z What this really meant, whether or not he knew it, was fresh billions — and steady billions — for the Pentagon, State Department, contractors, mercenaries and a host of Afghan warlords and politicians. The war Afghanistan was a huge victory — for the military-industrial complex 2021-08-22T04:00:00Z After the assassination last month of President Jovenel Moïse, a weak, interim government is now in charge, leaving Haiti limping along, wracked by fractious warlords, soaring hunger and the coronavirus even before Saturday’s quake. A lament for Haiti: ‘It is as if we are cursed’ 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z Wednesday’s developments have raised questions about the prospect of a possible civil war between largely Pashtun Taliban and anti-Taliban ethnic groups and warlords. Protests, clashes mar first days of Taliban control 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z “He either didn’t understand or couldn’t understand the warlords, who are essentially people representing ethnic fault lines.” How Ashraf Ghani went from Afghanistan’s president to villain hiding in UAE 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z American forces often unwittingly found themselves enmeshed in such local rivalries during those early months and years when they were utterly dependent on their warlord allies. Afghanistan’s arc from 9/11 to today: once hopeful, now sad 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z Their unsparing interpretation of Islam unified their ranks and set them apart from the notoriously corrupt warlords. Mullah’s rise charts Taliban’s long road back to power 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z Against this backdrop, the Taliban, with their promise to put Islamic values first and to battle the corruption that drove the warlords’ fighting, quickly attracted a following. Who Are the Taliban, and What Do They Want? 2021-08-17T04:00:00Z Then the city was in ruins, ravaged by warlords who would later ally with the U.S. Taliban encounter Afghan cities remade in their absence 2021-08-17T04:00:00Z That dependence threatens to bring more instability as the Taliban, other armed groups, ethnic warlords, and corrupt public officials vie for drug profits and power. Profits and poppy: Afghanistan's illegal drug trade a boon for Taliban 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z In 2002, one U.S. general had to rely entirely on former warlords for information about prominent al-Qaida figures who were on the move. Afghanistan’s arc from 9/11 to today: once hopeful, now sad 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z Elsewhere, Afghanistan's warlords vowed defiantly to defend their strongholds from the Taliban and crush the insurgents. Afghan president flees country as Taliban takes control of Kabul 2021-08-15T04:00:00Z The importance of such leaders, sometimes described as "warlords", stemmed not from any official position in government but from their personal authority and regional power base and they frequently clashed with President Ashraf Ghani. Afghan militia leaders Atta Noor, Dostum escape 'conspiracy' 2021-08-14T04:00:00Z Khan is one of Afghanistan's most prominent warlords. Taliban detain veteran militia chief Khan in Afghanistan's Herat - official 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z For weeks, Afghan forces and militias loyal to Ismail Khan, a former warlord, struggled to fend off the insurgents as they advanced deeper into the city. Afghanistan Collapse Accelerates as the Taliban Move Closer to Capturing 2 Vital Cities 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z “Kleptocrats and warlords found their way in the corridors of power. They were rich, they became filthy rich and took the entire governance system hostage to their interests,” says Farhadi, the economist. Afghanistan’s arc from 9/11 to today: once hopeful, now sad 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z Ghani spent years sidelining the warlords as he tried to project the authority of his central government over wayward provinces. Taliban battle government forces as U.S. fears Kabul could fall in 90 days 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z The militias — including well-armed private armies led by traditional warlords — have largely held their fire, despite the widespread belief they are girding for civil war against the Taliban. Biden administration tries to mobilize international diplomatic effort to halt Taliban 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z Around one-fifth of them are highly trained special forces operatives; then there are undisclosed figures for CIA-trained paramilitary groups as well as militias associated with the country’s warlords. Why is the Taliban on such a winning streak, and can the tide be turned? 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z The government in Kabul recognises the importance of the city, and that is why the Afghan president visited it to hold talks with local leaders and former warlords. Afghanistan war: Afghan president rallies army in Taliban-besieged city 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z For centuries, Taiwan had been at the whims of colonizers, settlers, warlords and dictators. Is Taiwan Next? 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z Desperate to stem the Taliban's advance, President Ashraf Ghani flew to Mazar-i-Sharif to rally old warlords to the defence of the biggest city in the north as Taliban forces closed in. Taliban battle government forces as U.S. fears Kabul could fall in 90 days 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z Shebergan is particularly strategic because it is the stronghold of U.S.-allied Uzbek warlord Abdurrashid Dostum, whose militias are among those resurrected to aid the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces. World Digest: Aug. 7, 2021 2021-08-07T04:00:00Z He said Wednesday that pro-government militias, led by U.S.-allied warlord Ismail Khan, were aiding the Afghan security forces but need additional weapons. Airstrikes pummel Taliban positions in southern Afghanistan 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z Some Libyan warlords have become immensely rich — Libya pumps about a million barrels of oil a day — but many people suffer daily power outages that last for hours and struggle to get enough drinking water. Qaddafi’s Son Is Alive. And He Wants to Take Libya Back. 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z When civil war descended on the capital in the early 1990s, her family often fled their home, or huddled together in the bathroom, hoping to be spared the indiscriminate shelling that warlords had unleashed. An embassy wall falls, upending a rising Afghan diplomat’s career 2021-07-31T04:00:00Z History is littered with places where gangs, warlords and tribes rule and the state is never able to effectively consolidate power and govern. Opinion | The world is reminding us that democracy is hard 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z Sopko said in one of his reports that lack of oversight allowed bribery, fraud, extortion and nepotism, “as well as the empowerment of abusive warlords and their militias.” EXPLAINER: US pays $4B to Afghan forces; Who is watching? 2021-07-26T04:00:00Z In some areas, the opposition is led by old warlords. Opinion | Afghan resistance to the Taliban needs U.S. support — and a big morale boost 2021-07-25T04:00:00Z After the president’s slaying, however, Jimmy Cherizier — considered Haiti’s top warlord — demanded justice for the “cowardly” assassination, claiming he would unleash a wave of “legitimate violence” against the nation’s elites. Haiti buries a president, but its long-term crisis lives on 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z The rapid fall of districts and the seemingly disheartened response by Afghan government forces have prompted U.S.-allied warlords to resurrect militias with a violent history. To reach a peace deal, Taliban say Afghan president must go 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z The fear is not only over Taliban gains; without a peace deal, Afghanistan’s many warlords may turn to a new, destructive civil war among themselves to seek power or preserve their interests. US, Afghan’s neighbors scramble to address Taliban surge 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z In northern Afghanistan, a traditional stronghold of U.S.-allied warlords, more than 1,000 Afghan military men fled across the border into northern Tajikistan last week ahead of the advancing Taliban. Taliban press advances, take key border post with Pakistan 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z Though the past 40 years of conflict in Afghanistan could be seen as a civil war, a return to a fractious era of warlords and armed fiefs has long been feared. Top U.S. General Steps Down in Afghanistan 2021-07-12T04:00:00Z Leng is sent to an unnamed African country, where Big Daddy, the villain — another American operator turned mercenary — has been hired by an ambitious warlord. The Man Behind China’s Aggressive New Voice 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z For many Afghans weary of more than four decades of war, that raises fears of a repeat of the brutal civil war in the early 1990s in which those same warlords battled for power. To reach a peace deal, Taliban say Afghan president must go 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z After the Taliban fell, Iran continued to help build a new Afghan government and mediate among warlords filling the security void. Iran cheers U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan — but fears what could follow 2021-07-10T04:00:00Z Mogadishu — along with many other Somali cities — was ransacked by clan warlords, armed teenagers and later terrorists who destroyed government offices, looted cultural centers and decimated its Islamic and Italianate landmarks. Architect Finds a Sense of Belonging for His Family’s Homeland, and for Himself 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z Though nominally united in opposition to the Taliban, he and other warlords are often bitter rivals. AP Interview: Afghan warlord slams govt, quick US goodbye 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z Eventually, Big Daddy turns on the warlord over his demand that the mercenaries avoid killing Chinese civilians in the country. The Man Behind China’s Aggressive New Voice 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z The new film is directed by Adam Wishart, a British director known for the Channel 4 documentary about Somali warlords living in the suburbs, Warlords Next Door? Apple’s upcoming 9/11 documentary focuses on the 12 hours after the attacks 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z Throughout the country, warlords — power brokers from the civil-war era of the 1990s and newly minted militia commanders — are calling on Afghan civilians to join their makeshift armies in defending the country. The Relics of America’s War in Afghanistan 2021-07-03T04:00:00Z Although the past 40 years of conflict in Afghanistan could be seen as civil war, a return to the fractious era of warlords and armed fiefs has long been feared. U.S. leaves its last Afghan base, effectively ending operations 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z In the 1990s, militias and warlords — including Noor — fought a civil war that wreaked devastation on Kabul, killed some 50,000 people and helped fuel the Taliban’s rise. AP Interview: Afghan warlord slams govt, quick US goodbye 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z After dislodging the Taliban from Kabul, the U.S.-led coalition began working with their warlord allies to rebuild Bagram, first with temporary structures that then turned permanent. It’s imminent: After nearly 20 years US to leave Bagram 2021-06-28T04:00:00Z While an immediately less intriguing premise than suburban warlords, 9/11: The President’s War Room does sound like it might have gotten more access than previous retellings of 9/11. Apple’s upcoming 9/11 documentary focuses on the 12 hours after the attacks 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z The convergence of government troops, Taliban fighters, warlords and citizen militias signals that the violence will almost certainly worsen. The Relics of America’s War in Afghanistan 2021-07-03T04:00:00Z Observers say the move only resurrects militias that will be loyal to local commanders or powerful Kabul-allied warlords, who wrecked the Afghan capital during the inter-factional fighting of the 1990s and killed thousands of civilians. Taliban gains drive Afghan government to recruit militias 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z The new mobilization program only adds more militias of uncertain loyalties to the mix of militias maintained by Afghanistan’s multiple warlords since the 1990s. AP Interview: Afghan warlord slams govt, quick US goodbye 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z Still, many Afghans are desperate for a visa, fearing violence not only from the Taliban but heavily armed warlords allied with the U.S. and seeing now as their last chance to leave Afghanistan. Calls grow to evacuate Afghans to Guam as US troops leave 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z It held its first session at a girl’s school in Shanghai, and later moved to a lake boat to evade agents of the local warlord. China prepares for Communist Party centenary in secret 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z A concerted and determined militia movement, even if nominally aligned with Afghan security forces, could fracture the unsteady government of President Ashraf Ghani and once again divide the country into fiefs ruled by warlords. Attacked and Vulnerable, Some Afghans Are Forming Their Own Armies 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z They say they are frustrated by relentless corruption, marauding criminal gangs — some linked to the powerful warlords in Kabul —and worsening insecurity and few see a future that is not violent. AP Interview: Former president says US failed in Afghanistan 2021-06-20T04:00:00Z Edwards is a former Republican congressional candidate who built a reputation as an advocate for the Somali people and as someone who could negotiate with warlords and pirates in the war-torn region. ‘Italygate’ election conspiracy theory was pushed by two firms led by woman who also falsely claimed $30 million mansion was hers 2021-06-19T04:00:00Z Liberia’s Truth and Reconciliation Committee recommended the creation of an extraordinary court but proceedings never began there and some former warlords now occupy positions of power. Swiss verdict due in Liberia war crimes trial for rape, cannibalism 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z Mass protests, driven by a disenchanted youth demanding wholesale change, erupted against a political elite, many of them aging warlords who thrived while others struggled. Explainer: Lebanon's financial meltdown and how it happened 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z In Herat Province in the west, the former Tajik warlord Mohammed Ismail Khan, another Northern Alliance commander who helped defeat the Taliban, recently broadcast a raucous gathering of armed men on his Facebook page. Attacked and Vulnerable, Some Afghans Are Forming Their Own Armies 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z That means betting on the weaker side in an Afghan civil war — led by notorious warlords — rather than continuing to support the democratically elected government in power. Opinion | Biden’s exit from Afghanistan has been very Trumpy 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z The capital is rife with criminal gangs, many linked to powerful warlords, and there are routine attacks by an upstart Islamic State. NATO leaders bid symbolic adieu to Afghanistan at summit 2021-06-12T04:00:00Z But they also worry about the many heavily armed warlords who are part of the government. Afghan Hazaras being killed at school, play, even at birth 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z “The Taliban is going in and using the warlords to tell the government forces: “If you don’t get out, you’re going to die,’” Mr. Panetta said. Pentagon offers little detail on support for Afghanistan after U.S. pullout 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z The government says the army can hold its own, but military experts warn of a tough fight ahead for poorly trained, ill-equipped troops whose loyalties waver between their country and local warlords. Afghan forces struggle, demoralized, rife with corruption 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z At least one local warlord was arrested last year after demanding protection money. Afghan cease-fire ends amid calls for fresh peace talks 2021-05-15T04:00:00Z The West frequently depended on opposing warlords for intelligence — and at times supported them financially through relationships at odds with the Afghan population. Spy Agencies Seek New Afghan Allies as U.S. Withdraws 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z In April 2019, the Kaniyat switched loyalties to the warlord Hifter, aligning their domain with his government in eastern Libya and putting their fighters under his command as his newly designated 9th Brigade. Mass murder and the sin of silence Power struggles between clan warlords led to the rise of fundamentalist Islam and the birth of the al-Shabab movement, which today controls significant territory and continues to terrorize Somali civilians. Fate of Somalis who call refugee camp home hangs in balance 2021-05-02T04:00:00Z In contrast, recruits to the post-Taliban security forces were mostly uneducated, often allied with warlords, he said. Afghan forces struggle, demoralized, rife with corruption 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z But some of them are former warlords with fierce reputations, heavily armed militias and deep seated grudges. AP INTERVIEW: Peace chief says Afghan gov’t must step up 2021-05-01T04:00:00Z Washington turned to the only allies in Afghanistan it could - a collection of warlords, most of whom were former mujahedeen backed by the U.S. in the 1980s in the fight against the invading Soviet Union. EXPLAINER: What remains as US ends Afghan ‘forever war’ 2021-04-30T04:00:00Z Washington turned to the only allies in Afghanistan it could — a collection of warlords, most of whom were former mujahedeen backed by the U.S. in the 1980s in the fight against the invading Soviet Union. EXPLAINER: What remains as US ends Afghan ‘forever war’ 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z The United States also supported warlords during different periods before the invasion and over the past 20 years. With a sense of betrayal and relief, Afghans eye a future without U.S. troops 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z In Liberia, nearly 20 years later, local strongmen and warlords are still ceding power to a central government that is rebuilding its authority house by house. The contradiction that doomed America’s mission in Afghanistan 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z As American troops prepare to leave and fractures form in the Afghan government, militias controlled by powerful local warlords are once more rising to prominence and attacking government forces. Afghans Wonder ‘What About Us?’ as U.S. Troops Prepare to Withdraw 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z Some analysts worry that the U.S. exit could precipitate the collapse of the struggling Afghan army and a worsening of the country’s civil war as various warlords fight for power. Following withdrawal announcement, battle to determine Afghanistan war’s legacy begins 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z That new phase could be more brutal than ever, with not only the Taliban but the country’s other, multiple warlords and armed factions battling it out for power. EXPLAINER: What remains as US ends Afghan ‘forever war’ 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z Others have warned of civil war, as regional warlords have amassed and armed their own forces. Biden will pull all U.S. forces from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, sources say 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z “If they do, that would lead to civil war,” meaning an all-out battle among the Taliban, Afghan government forces, and Afghan warlords who would field their own militias. There will be no peace in Afghanistan unless women’s rights are protected 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z But when a local village becomes the center of social upheaval between warring daimyo, Yasuke must take up his sword and transport a mysterious child who is the target of dark forces and bloodthirsty warlords. Watch the first trailer for Netflix’s Yasuke anime 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z That was the experience 25 years ago, when the Taliban were forced to battle warlords principally in the north and east, and failed to gain total control over the entire country. The Taliban Think They Have Already Won, Peace Deal or Not 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z It left it to the former warlords, pre-occupied with wealth and power. EXPLAINER: What remains as US ends Afghan ‘forever war’ 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z Alipoor is one of the many warlords backed by heavily armed militias who hold local power across Afghanistan. Tensions mount between Afghan government, powerful warlord 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z In many cases, the regional powers owe their influence in Afghanistan to ties with warlords who held sway throughout four decades of conflict, all of them men. 'Only woman in the room': alarm as peace summit held with just one Afghan woman 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z Caught in the middle are ordinary Afghans, wary their uncertain future is to be determined by warlords, an increasingly isolated and corrupt administration, and the fundamentalist Taliban. EXPLAINER: Stakes high as Moscow opens 1st of 3 Afghan meets 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z And what about the country's warlords - will they put aside age-old animosities for peace? Afghanistan: Will America's 'moonshot' peace plan work? 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z Riddled with corruption and tied to regional warlords, the U.S.-backed government is widely distrusted by many Afghans. EXPLAINER: What remains as US ends Afghan ‘forever war’ 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z These warlords are a potential wild card as Afghanistan enters a new phase after decades of war. Tensions mount between Afghan government, powerful warlord 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z Violence is also spiking in Afghanistan, and culprits include the Taliban, the Islamic State, warlords and gangs. World Digest: Feb. 18, 2021 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z Violence is spiking and the culprits are, well, everyone: the Taliban, the Islamic State group, warlords, criminal gangs and corrupt government officials. Analysis: NATO faces conundrum as it mulls Afghan pullout 2021-02-15T05:00:00Z But many go unclaimed, raising suspicions that militias run by prominent warlords both allied with and opposed to the government are creating chaos. Crime, conflict, chaos crushing Afghan hopes for tomorrow 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z The trial of a suspected warlord accused of atrocities during Liberia's civil war has started in Finland. Liberia war crimes: Rebel commander goes on trial in Finland 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z But if Kabul considers warlords as agents of turmoil, their supporters see them as their only protection and support in the face of a notoriously corrupt government and violent insurgents. Tensions mount between Afghan government, powerful warlord 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z Then there is the issue of how to eventually disarm the Taliban and militias loyal to warlords, some aligned with the government, some in opposition. An ‘orchard of bad apples’ weighs on new Afghan peace talks 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z At that time, the warlords turned their firepower on each other, killing more than 50,000 people, mostly civilians, and destroying much of the capital, Kabul. Analysis: NATO faces conundrum as it mulls Afghan pullout 2021-02-15T05:00:00Z Then there is the issue of how to eventually disarm the Taliban and militias loyal to warlords, some aligned with the government, some in opposition. An ‘orchard of bad apples’ weighs on new Afghan peace talks 2021-01-04T05:00:00Z The Taliban emerged in 1994 in response to runaway corruption and violence of mujahedeen warlords who took power from the former communist regime in 1992. Taliban team in Pakistan as calls grow for Afghan cease-fire 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z A general amnesty allowed warlords and militia leaders to dominate the country’s postwar politics. Beirut silos at heart of debate about remembering port blast 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z A general amnesty allowed warlords and militia leaders to dominate the country’s postwar politics. Beirut silos at heart of debate about remembering port blast 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z The Americans sometimes negotiated temporary leases with local farmers, but those agreements were vulnerable to manipulation by corrupt local warlords and strongmen who brokered deals. U.S. Leaves Behind Afghan Bases — and a Legacy of Land Disputes 2020-12-08T05:00:00Z Bush ordered American troops to lead a mercy mission to Somalia, threatening military action against warlords and gangs who were blocking food for starving millions. Today in History 2020-12-04T05:00:00Z "It's amazing you were able to play an evil warlord so well cause you were such a kind, beautiful soul," Theron posted online. Mad Max star Hugh Keays-Byrne dies aged 73 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z Former warlords retain positions of power in Liberia and witnesses have been reluctant to come forward amid threats. Historic Liberia war crimes trial to open in Switzerland 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z "We are satisfied with this verdict, it is a strong signal to other warlords," Kahindo Fatuma, a spokesman representing the victims, told AFP news agency. Ntabo Ntaberi: DR Congo militia leader jailed for crimes against humanity 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z As well as insurgent groups, there are several heavily armed warlords with militias living in Kabul with longstanding animosities against each other. Mortar shells hit Kabul residential areas, at least 3 dead 2020-11-21T05:00:00Z Ferencz campaigned for decades for the ICC to be established, delivering a closing prosecution statement at the conclusion of its historic first case, against the Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga, in 2012. At 100, last Nuremberg prosecutor still yearns for justice 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z RIP Hugh Keays-Byrne 😔 It’s amazing you were able to play an evil warlord so well cause you were such a kind, beautiful soul. Mad Max star Hugh Keays-Byrne dies aged 73 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z The Mongol warlord would “slowly boil you in oil and peel off your skin”, Obama said. Obama scolds 'petulant' Trump but reveals conservative sympathies 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z Commandos and their leader raid a psychotic warlord’s hideout to rescue 63 hostages. Movies on TV this week: 'Pulp Fiction'; 'Goldfinger' and more 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z Violence in the area has largely subsided since some elements of the group announced a ceasefire in August, following an appeal made through former warlords in the region. Congo army says it killed 33 militiaman in days of intense fighting 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z “Commander Pigeon was an old decrepit warlord, a broken-down woman,” the writer Jennifer Percy wrote in a 2014 profile in The New Republic. A Storied Female Warlord Surrenders, Taliban Say, Exposing Afghan Weakness 2020-10-18T04:00:00Z Many were angry that the Trump administration aimed economic penalties meant for warlords, dictators and authoritarian governments at a human rights lawyer. Trump’s Sanctions on International Court May Do Little Beyond Alienating Allies 2020-10-18T04:00:00Z “We broke the sectarian barriers and the taboo of opposing these warlords, we broke their halo,” said Taymour Jreissati, once a prominent protester, now living in France. After Lebanese revolt’s fury, waning protests face long road 2020-10-17T04:00:00Z They were taken to Benghazi, Libya, where the warlord General Khalifa Haftar reportedly ordered them detained unless Italy released the four Libyans whose families claim were wrongly convicted. Footballers and fishermen: Italy and Libya at a standstill over prisoner exchange 2020-10-11T04:00:00Z The remains of an Anglo-Saxon warlord have been uncovered in southern England, in a pagan burial site that experts say lain undisturbed for more than 1,400 years. Ancient warlord’s skeleton and sword discovered after 1,400 years 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z The Libyan warlord General Khalifa Haftar is reportedly refusing to release 18 Italian fishermen until Italy frees four Libyan footballers convicted of human trafficking. Libyan warlord 'demands prisoner exchange' with Italy for captured fishermen 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z The Lord’s Resistance Army, a rebel group from northern Uganda led by warlord Joseph Kony, profited from elephant poaching in East Africa. Burkina Faso’s wildlife reserves have become a battle zone, overrun by militants and poachers 2020-09-12T04:00:00Z The Afghan team represents a cross-section of areas, ethnicities, political affiliations and former warlords. Explainer: Afghan-Taliban peace talks: who, what, where and why 2020-09-12T04:00:00Z The big hurdle is likely to be what to do with tens of thousands of armed Taliban fighters and the militias loyal to government-allied warlords. Historic Afghan peace talks fraught with uncertainty 2020-09-12T04:00:00Z The fate of the tens of thousands of armed Taliban, as well as militias loyal to government-allied warlords, will also be on the agenda, along with constitutional changes for Afghanistan. Taliban say peace talks with Afghan team to start Saturday 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z Since its founding in 2002 in The Hague, it has successfully prosecuted over 40 high-ranking politicians, warlords and heads of state for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. Trump punishes International Criminal Court for investigating potential US war crimes in Afghanistan 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z In many ways, stalled justice is the norm here, fostered in the aftermath of Lebanon’s 1975-90 civil war, which saw warlords turn into political leaders — they rule to this day — rather than be held accountable. 'There's something strange': Baffling questions, conspiracy theories grow after Beirut blast 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z The inability to arrest him reflects the lingering power of local warlords and authorities’ failure to uphold women’s rights nearly two decades after the U.S.-led invasion that toppled the Taliban. Afghans fail to arrest ex-soccer head on sex abuse charges 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z They will include a permanent cease-fire, the rights of minorities and women, constitutional changes and the fate of tens of thousands of armed Taliban and militias loyal to Kabul-allied warlords. Taliban set powerful negotiating team for intra-Afghan talks 2020-08-23T04:00:00Z After the end of the civil war in 1990, patronage networks founded by warlords became central instruments of statecraft, with all ministries turned into fiefs. Lebanese government quits following Beirut port explosion 2020-08-10T04:00:00Z Additionally, following the end of the 1975-1990 civil war a number of warlords entered politics and still control large parts of the country's political, economic and social sectors. Lebanon cabinet resigns as anger over blast mounts 2020-08-10T04:00:00Z Lebanon’s government is the result of a power-sharing arrangement among the country’s 18 fractious sects; many are headed by figures who first rose as warlords during the country’s 15-year civil war. Lebanon's Cabinet resigns en masse amid public outrage over Beirut blast 2020-08-10T04:00:00Z Many of the sect leaders rose to power as warlords during the country’s brutal civil war, which ended in 1990 and devastated much of the country. Tear gas and clashes in Beirut amid fury over massive explosion 2020-08-08T04:00:00Z Massacres and disappearances were never fully investigated; warlords were never prosecuted. As Lebanon Reels, Long-Awaited Hariri Assassination Verdicts Loom 2020-08-08T04:00:00Z As well as Taliban fighters, warlords in Kabul maintain thousands of armed militias loyal to them. Kabul to open traditional council on release of 400 Taliban 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z “This symbiotic, bankrupt relationship between officials and warlords must come to an end,” he said from London. 'Moment of reckoning': angry Lebanese vow not to let leaders off the hook 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z But former warlords became power-brokers in its weak sectarian democracy, which divided power — and spoils — among the nation’s 18 recognized religious sects. As Smoke Clears in Beirut, Shock Turns to Anger 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z It is the warlords who are now being rewarded with parliamentary seats, said Joseph Daher of the European University Institute. Syria’s elections have always been fixed. This time, even candidates are complaining. 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z There also are rival warlords in the area and some Islamic militants, mostly Uzbeks affiliated more with the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan. Suicide car bombing in north Afghanistan causes casualties 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z Earlier in May in the same district, an IS suicide bomber targeted the funeral of a pro-government militia commander and former warlord, killing 32 people and wounding 133. Suicide bombing, attack in Afghanistan kill 7 policemen 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z Lebanese grew impatient with the political class in control since the end of the 15-year civil war in 1990, which they accused of corruption, including some warlords who remained in prominent political roles. Lebanon currency in free-fall amid political impasse 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z He also assisted journalists who were investigating one of the country’s worst political massacres, and served as a spiritual adviser for people in witness-protection programs, including former warlords and jihadists. Under Coronavirus Lockdown, a Philippine Priest Hits the Streets 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z "The ICC was set up, essentially, to bring warlords to justice in countries with a corrupt judiciary that couldn't do that themselves," he explained. Why US is trying to curtail ICC investigation over 'war crimes' in Afghanistan 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z "I appoint myself warlord of Fox News, starting now," Greg Gutfeld says Seattle protesters are 'following what they say,' even though 'it might be a disaster' 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z Rival warlords vying for power threw the country into a civil war, and a centralized, unified government struggled to form, even with external aid. In Minneapolis, Somali-Americans Find Unwelcome Echoes of Strife at Home 2020-06-07T04:00:00Z There are also concerns that a political solution will be reached in a way that benefits only warlords and corrupt political elites while leaving common Afghans without a viable and functioning state. Release of Taliban prisoners breathes new life into Afghan peace talks 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z In Afghanistan, because I had untangled an impossible traffic jam in the Kabul River gorge in a matter of hours, I could be a warlord with my own army. America under Trump is a failed state in slow motion: But the failure is real, and getting worse 2020-05-23T04:00:00Z And the same leaders and warlords of the past are still sitting in the front row of a tortuous history. Rival Afghan leaders sign power-sharing deal 2020-05-17T04:00:00Z There has been little accountability for any of the warlords involved in Afghanistan’s 1990s civil war, which left Kabul in ruins and plunged the country into bloody chaos that still continues. Afghan Power-Sharing Deal Would Promote General Accused of Rape 2020-05-16T04:00:00Z On the same day as the hospital massacre, an attack on the funeral of a pro-government warlord in the eastern part of Afghanistan killed 34 people. Troop withdrawal, peace process on track in Afghanistan despite violence, U.S. says 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z His exploits, he claimed in an interview with The Post last week, involved negotiating with warlords in Afghanistan and bruising battles in Iraq. Venezuela raid: How an ex-Green Beret and a defecting general planned to capture Maduro 2020-05-10T04:00:00Z Every town was ruled by a different tribal warlord. America under Trump is a failed state in slow motion: But the failure is real, and getting worse 2020-05-23T04:00:00Z For years, he said, he was “stuck” in soap operas before his breakthrough as a warlord in the 2001 Indian feudal drama “The Warrior.” Irrfan Khan, Indian character actor who transitioned to Hollywood parts, dies 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z The warlords who contended to unify the country in the late 16th century called the region home. In Rural Japan, a 370-Year-Old Tradition Falls to One Child 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z Battling them is warlord Khalifa Hifter, a dual U.S.-Libyan citizen who lived for years in Northern Virginia and is loyal to a parallel government in the east of the country. Libya’s war escalates despite international calls for ‘humanitarian pause’ amid pandemic 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z If you haven’t tasted a clementine cake, like the one with which Ben Stiller’s Walter Mitty wins over hostile Afghan warlords, you simply haven’t lived. No flour, eggs or butter? No problem! 23 cake recipes for when you're missing an ingredient 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z Two medieval misfits help a beaten Japanese warlord and his princess escape with the royal gold. Movies on TV this week: Sunday, March 29, 2020 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z The squabbling in Kabul among the two Afghan rivals - both linked to powerful warlords, all with heavily armed militias - put a pall over the deal since the signing of the peace deal. US shames Afghan leaders’ obstinance even as pandemic looms 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z Khalilzad had relationships with the main Afghan players and, like no other U.S. diplomat, could call up warlords on their satellite phones to cajole or coerce them. In coming bid for Afghan peace, U.S. envoy faces greatest challenge — and an unpredictable president 2020-03-08T05:00:00Z Russian mercenaries — which the Kremlin denies any relationship to — are helping eastern warlord Khalifa Hifter, who also has the backing of the United Arab Emirates and Egypt. Russia’s Putin and Turkey’s Erdogan head for talks with major Syria rift between them 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z When he is on the ground, it is events and meetings around the clock — at the ambassador’s residence, on rooftops of politicians over traditional delicacies, or even in the mansions of warlords in faraway provinces. At Center of Taliban Deal, a U.S. Envoy Who Made It Personal 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z Dec. 5, 2001 __ The Bonn Agreement is signed in Bonn, Germany, giving the majority of power to the Northern Alliance’s key players and strengthening the warlords who had ruled between 1992 and 1996. A timeline of key events in Afghanistan’s 40 years of wars 2020-02-29T05:00:00Z The devil will be in the details as former Taliban fighters and Afghan warlords are likely to jockey for power. AP Explains: US-Taliban deal won’t ensure peace for Afghans 2020-02-29T05:00:00Z There are also questions about whether Taliban fighters loyal to various warlords will be willing to disarm. US set to sign peace deal with Afghanistan’s Taliban 2020-02-29T05:00:00Z Within days, the opposing camps deployed their own security forces in an increasingly tense Kabul, and regional warlords were choosing sides. Trump gambles on plan to bring home some U.S. troops from Afghanistan before election 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z A villager’s summary execution by a warlord gets played for horror as well as blood-splattered laughs. Review: 'The Book of Mormon' cast sings with missionary zeal at the Ahmanson, but ... 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z Dec. 13, 2001 - Karzai arrives in Kabul; contrary to the Bonn Agreement, militias loyal to warlords also enter the Afghan capital. A timeline of key events in Afghanistan’s 40 years of wars 2020-02-29T05:00:00Z The mujaheddin government - which included many of the warlords in Kabul today - eventually turned their guns on each other in the early 1990s. Afghans mark Soviet withdrawal as US negotiates its own exit 2020-02-15T05:00:00Z The mujaheddin government — which included many of the warlords in Kabul today — eventually turned their guns on each other in the early 1990s. Afghans mark Soviet withdrawal as US negotiates its own exit 2020-02-15T05:00:00Z He conferences, cajoles and criticizes with the energy of an aerobics instructor and the wisdom of a warlord. Chief on the mic: 50 years later, Stram still shines on film 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z Now a traveling mercenary, Hercules must once again become a hero to help the benevolent king of Thrace protect his people from a powerful warlord. Movies on TV this week: Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z Vladimir Putin is a man of many faces: macho patriot, rightwing populist, cynical manipulator, and ruthless global warlord. Putin, a criminal and incompetent president, is an enemy of his own people | Simon Tisdall 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z “To leave Libya at the mercy of a warlord would be a mistake of historic proportions,” he said in a reference to Haftar. Erdoğan tells Europe to support Tripoli government or face new threats 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z That road map would tackle thorny issues such as a permanent cease-fire, women’s and minority rights, and the fate of thousands of Taliban fighters and also militias loyal to Kabul’s warlords. Taliban say they handed cease-fire offer to US peace envoy 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z Speaking on Tuesday, however, after Haftar walked away from talks in Moscow without agreeing to a ceasefire, Erdoğan said Turkey would not refrain from “teaching a lesson he deserves” to the Libyan warlord. Exclusive: 2,000 Syrian fighters deployed to Libya to support government 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z Narcotics dealers and warlords use the gold to launder profits or buy arms. What is artisanal gold and why is it booming? 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z Some always profit from war: the gunmakers, the governments interested in plundering the riches – especially oil – of other states, the mega-companies contracted to rebuild what was destroyed by the warlords’ folly and greed. Brazil helped the US and Iran towards peace. Dialogue is the only answer | Lula and Celso Amorim 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z Somalia has been at war for nearly three decades, wracked first by combat among clan warlords and then by violent extremism. Mogadishu Bombing Took the Lives of the ‘Best and the Brightest’ 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z A young mammoth-hunter leads a small band of tribesmen on a journey to the ends of the Earth on a mission to save his beloved from her warlord kidnappers. Movies on TV this week: 'Schindler's List' on Starz and more 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z We want to return Libya to the path of stability, security, peace and democracy — all of which were severely derailed by the violence and chaos brought by warlord Hifter and his backers. Opinion | A futile power grab in Libya 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z “All those are helping a warlord, but we are responding to an invitation of the country’s legitimate government,” Mr. Erdogan said. Turkey Is Close to Sending Troops to Libya, Erdogan Says 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z Sen. Richard Lugar worried that working with warlords — as Stewart suggested — would cause a domestic backlash, even though the Afghan government was already full of such characters. Perspective | Afghanistan wasn’t destined to fail. Here’s how we could have fought it better. 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z An ornate sword that belonged to a 15th-century warlord in Muslim Spain was digitized in stunning 3-D earlier this year. 3,200-year-old sword discovered among the stones of mysterious ancient monument 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z Some U.S. officials cited in interviews expressed frustration that he was buying off warlords and tribal chiefs instead of acting like a modern elected leader. Former Afghan leader Hamid Karzai grew estranged from his American allies during 10 years in power. Here’s what he says about The Afghanistan Papers. 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z For many of these former warlords and commanders, this is an ultimate fight of sorts. A Bitter Election Dispute Sends Afghanistan Back to the Brink 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z According to the interviews, the CIA, the U.S. military, the State Department and other agencies used cash and lucrative contracts to win the allegiance of Afghan warlords in the fight against al-Qaeda and the Taliban. U.S. officials admit to fueling corruption in Afghanistan by flooding the country with money - and then turned a blind eye 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z An eventual government might in some areas be run by warlords and elements of the Taliban. Perspective | Afghanistan wasn’t destined to fail. Here’s how we could have fought it better. 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z It has the Taliban, whose brutality was born out of the crucible of the war of the warlords from the 1990s. Why the Afghanistan papers are an eerie reminder of Vietnam 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z In the interviews, key figures in the war said Washington tolerated the worst offenders — warlords, drug traffickers, defense contractors — because they were allies of the United States. U.S. flooded nation with money, then turned a blind eye to corruption 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z Ethnic and tribal tensions posed a perpetual problem, with the officer corps dominated by warlords who doled out promotions based on patronage, according to the interviews. U.S. military trainers describe Afghan security forces as incompetent, unmotivated and rife with deserters 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z Riven by feuding tribes and implacable warlords, the country had a volatile history of coups, assassinations and civil wars. U.S. officials reveal how massive rebuilding projects in Afghanistan backfired 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z What about the Islamic State and the bewildering array of foreign jihadists, let alone the warlords on the CIA’s payroll? U.S. officials misled public about the war in Afghanistan, confidential documents reveal 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z Reeves Taylor, 54, is a former university lecturer and was previously married to Charles Taylor, the onetime warlord who was Liberia’s president between 1997 and 2003. UK drops torture charges against ex-wife of Liberia’s Taylor 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z According to the interviews, the CIA, the U.S. military, the State Department and other agencies used cash and lucrative contracts to win the allegiance of Afghan warlords in the fight against al-Qaida and the Taliban. U.S. flooded nation with money, then turned a blind eye to corruption 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z Institute of Peace who studied the Afghan police, called the local police “dysfunctional” and said that in many areas it was “a corrupt force, run by warlords.” U.S. military trainers describe Afghan security forces as incompetent, unmotivated and rife with deserters 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, U.S. officials chafed as Karzai cut deals with warlords and doled out governorships as political spoils. U.S. officials reveal how massive rebuilding projects in Afghanistan backfired 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z She had navigated warlords in Somalia; survived a crossfire in Moscow. In the Trump impeachment hearings, career diplomats are the unlikely stars 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z She says co-star Jason Mamoa, who played her abusive, warlord husband helped her through the first series. Emilia Clarke: Nude Game of Thrones scenes were 'hard' 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z To many Afghans, the warlords were cruel despots whose misrule helped destroy the country. U.S. flooded nation with money, then turned a blind eye to corruption 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z The Americans sponsored cease-fire talks between Aidid and Mahdi, and boasted about getting the two warlords to embrace like brothers. Column: The truth about Somalia shows the absurdity of Trump's attack on Yovanovitch 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z “After 2005, my impression was that the warlords were back because Karzai wanted them back and he only understood the patronage system,” Hadley, the Bush administration national security adviser, told government interviewers. U.S. officials reveal how massive rebuilding projects in Afghanistan backfired 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z Originally flown by feudal warlords, the rising sun symbol was adopted by the Japanese imperial army in 1870 and became the navy ensign in 1889. South Korea compares Japan's 'rising sun' flag to swastika as Olympic row deepens 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z Many of the political heavyweights are former warlords seen as representing little beyond their own sectarian or geographical community. Lebanon protesters form human chain across entire country 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z In the Lessons Learned interviews, several senior U.S. officials acknowledged that the warlords were odious and corrupt. U.S. flooded nation with money, then turned a blind eye to corruption 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z The protests rapidly escalated into an indictment of the entire post-civil war order , in which a sectarian power-sharing arrangement has transformed former warlords and other elites into a permanent political class. From Beirut to Hong Kong, protests evoke global frustration 2019-10-26T04:00:00Z The protesters say they are finished with their leaders, many of them former civil war-era warlords who rule the country like a series of personal fiefs to be plundered, dispensing the spoils to loyal followers. Lebanon Protests Unite Sects in Demanding New Government 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z “People think of the Mongol Empire as just warlords and warriors,” said Jaya. 'It's something new': how Mongolian rock band the Hu went viral 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z In a Ukrainian security clearance form, Mr. Kulyk admitted having ties to a warlord in eastern Ukraine accused of working for the Russian intelligence services. The Ukrainian Prosecutor Behind the Dossier Targeting Hunter Biden 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z But others told government interviewers that the United States and its allies were foolish to encourage and excuse warlords’ corrupt behavior. U.S. flooded nation with money, then turned a blind eye to corruption 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z An African warlord further complicates a news team’s mission to capture a giant crocodile said to have killed hundreds of villagers. Movies on TV this week: Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z All the other U.S.-backed rebel groups failed, disintegrated, or turned into warlords. Trump’s Muddled Syria Policy Opens the Way for More War in the Middle East 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z Macbeth House of Bards Theatre Company stages Shakespeare’s tragedy of the power-hungry Scottish warlord and his scheming wife for its inaugural production. Theater in L.A. this week: 'Anastasia,' 'Macbeth' and more 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z Ethnic warlords clashed over political spoils, opium poppy production resurged, and subsequent elections were marred by fraud and threats. Perspective | After years in Afghanistan, I’m going home to an America I don’t recognize 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z So it didn’t help the Americans to be viewed as the warlords’ allies. U.S. flooded nation with money, then turned a blind eye to corruption 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z Aside from finding itself under attack from a warlord, the GNA has many other problems — including competing militias and a lack of civil society. Opinion | The United States is missing in action in Libya 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z Russians shuttled warlords to peace talks with the government, helping lead to a deal with more than a dozen armed groups to stop fighting. Diamonds, Warlords and Mercenaries: Russia’s New Playbook in Africa 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z Eighteen men - including former warlords, ex-spies and members of the country's former communist government - initially put themselves forward to fight the election. Afghan presidential election: All you need to know 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z To journey through Linxia, where eight great mosques, a bazaar and warlord estates once composed the center of Hui life, is to see the Sinicization campaign unfolding with a meticulous logic. China's Muslim clampdown creeps into the heartland, targeting Hui minority 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z |
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