| Importance | High |
 | Location | Afghanistan |
| Affiliation | Afghan resistance |
| Role | Leader |
| Nationality | Afghan |
| Alternate Spelling(s) | Sheik Abdul Rasool Sayyaf, Ustad Abdul Rasul Sayyaf, Abd-i-Rab Rasoul Sayaf |
| Gender | Male |
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| Reliable | Sayyaf, a Pashtun Afghan, is a militant Islamist who fought the Soviet invasion in the 1980s. He trained Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and a number of other jihadists. He however opposed the Taliban and is a participant in the new Afghan government. |
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