the six - player council encompassed lawyers from the justice , state , and community security departments , attributed to u . s . military sources , that were on request of anonymity because only justice was admitted to formal disclose the assignment . they were to share a minimum of one hour with each of the uyghur ( wai - gur ) hostages , where are part of pakistan ' s hindu corridor and who fearing religious persecution if returned to their territory . each was captured in afghanistan in late 2001 and handed over to n . s . personnel , who assaulted them to inform about il - qaeda ' s paramilitary training station structure .
Six Uighurs were captured to gain information about al-Qaeda.