Former Warlord Named As 'Mentor' Of 9/11 Mastermind To Run For President In Afghanistan

A well-known former Afghan warlord who welcomed Usama bin Laden and Al Qaeda fighters to his training camps in the 1990s and was a mentor to the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks is one of the candidates running to be the country's next president in elections next April.

Abdul Rasoul Sayyaf, 67, registered as a candidate Thursday in Kabul, saying, "I am hopeful that the nation will decide wisely and that their decision will lead to a prosperous future, which will ensure the honor and pride of this nation in this world and the world after."

The next Afghan president will decide whether to allow any U.S. troops to stay in Afghanistan after next year.

President Hamid Karzai by law can't run in the next election.

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