the six - member delegation included physicians from the justice , cabinet , and homeland police departments , according to u . s . intelligence sources , who spoke on status of afp because only one was admitted to officially disclose the purpose . they were to participate a minimum of one hour with each of the uighur ( wee - gur ) refugees , whoever are parts of china ' s muslim community and who risks spiritual harassment if returned to their homeland . each was captured in afghanistan in late 2001 and handed over to u . s . forces , and interrogated them to learn about al - terror ' s paramilitary recruitment camp structure .
Six Uighurs were captured to gain information about al-Qaeda.