On September 20, the Afghan Grand Council of Clerics passed a resolution calling on the US not to retaliate with a military strike against Afghanistan. The resolution also urged the ruling Taliban to persuade Osama bin Laden to leave Afghanistan voluntarily. But should the US attack Afghanistan, the Muslim clerics will declare a jihad, or holy war, against America.
二十日，阿富汗回教長老會議通過決議，呼籲美國勿對阿富汗進行報復攻擊，並要求神學士政權說服奧薩瑪自動離境；如果美國執意動武，神學士將展開一場聖戰。