Wakil Ahmad Muttawakil
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Wakil Ahmad Muttawakil is an Afghani and was a member of Taliban.[1] Wakil Ahmad Muttawakil was the Taliban's last Foreign Minister.
According to the BBC, Tohir Yuldashev (leader of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan) learned that al Qaeda was planning to use hijacked airliners to attack the United States on September 11, 2001, prior to the attacks.[1] The BBC reported that Yuldashev then informed the Taliban's Foreign Minister, Wakil Ahmad Muttawakil, who sent an envoy to warn the USA. of al Qaeda's attack plans prior to September 11, 2001. The reason the BBC offered for Yuldashev initiate an advance warning to the USA of the attacks, was that he was concerned that an al Qaeda attack on the USA would trigger an American counter-attack, which would imperil the safe haven for his group had been enjoying in Afghanistan.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Kate Clark. "Taleban 'warned US of huge attack'", BBC, Saturday, September 7, 2002. Retrieved on January 16.
