Some blasts from my past

Ustad Professor Abdul Rabb al-Rasuul Sayyaf, also known as Abdur Rab Rasul Sayyaf sitting on the yellow chair is a factional fundamentalist leader in the Afghan northern Alliance Government that took over Afghanistan in December 2001 and a hard-line Wahhabi Islamic Fundamentalist supported closely by Saudi Arabia.
Sayyaf was the one who invited Osama bin Laden to Afghanistan and for years enjoyed his support to follow his "Jehad" in Afghanistan. He also received a large portion of the support from CIA in 1980s and is still apparently a close friend of the U.S. govt.
I interviwed Sayyaf in Sept2002.
(courtsey Wikipedia)