Ordinary Afghans might well have welcomed protection from their warlords, but were not consulted.
Instead the US and the UK relied on and paid for the services of local warlords.
Cronies and warlords should have no place in the future of a democratic Afghanistan.
So, we are paying off warlords to try to get them to switch sides.
Peace talks began in Kenya on November 1st, but without several key warlords or much optimism.
In late Jan. 1991, Somali warlords toppled the government of dictator Mohamed Siad Barre.
Separatist conflicts, mutinies, and warlords have bedeviled Georgia since the breakup of the USSR.
Parts of the country are now ruled by a rabble of equally conservative or lawless warlords.
Around the country, warlords with dubious pasts still hold power, and religious conservatives still wield influence.
And somehow the warlords and their private armies have to be removed from the scene.
As it is, the popularity of Capcom's warlords is already being put to good political effect.
The president would no doubt then reward former warlords who supported him with jobs and spoils.
And when local warlords were paid to do the job they just pocketed the money.
Others are militia bands led by warlords who tend to fight for the highest bidder.
Beyond the city limits, the warlords who have traditionally dominated the country still give the orders.
American officials have not recognized it since warlords toppled dictator Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991.
The opposition is an uneasy alliance of sects, led by warlords jostling for position.
Yet the drug-financed warlords who hold the balance of power are still rooted in the tribal system.
In the 1990s, separatist warlords from neighbouring Chechen openly led armed operations in Dagestan on several occasions.
Mohammad Nayim wants the warlords who ruined his life to be prosecuted no matter where they are now.
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Many of the Afghan warlords have fought both the invading Soviets in the 1980s and later, the Taliban.
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Human rights groups are appealing for more of the warlords to be held to account for their crimes.
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How does the program work in stricken places like Sudan and Afghanistan, where warlords grab aid at gunpoint?
There has even been an attempt to limit the environmentally devastating charcoal trade, which previously enriched unscrupulous warlords.
Local warlords will continue to dominate politics outside Kabul, siphoning capital from productive uses to their personal enrichment.
The local warlords, who probably profit from the trade, pay little heed to Mr Karzai or his police.
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And the Americans may try to revive the secular warlords, using Ethiopia as a conduit for cash and guns.
The president relied on Afghan warlords -- and he out-sourced that job too.
On January 6th, Russia's hawkish interior minister, Anatoly Kulikov, called for air strikes against the bases of Chechen warlords.
The government has pledged to disarm the militia and their warlords, who have split the country into ruling fiefdoms.
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