But Forest's pressure eventually told and Ibrahima Sonko's own goal brought the home side level.
Benni McCarthy's penalty, awarded after Ibrahima Sonko fouled Morten Gamst Pedersen, opened the scoring in the ninth minute.
Diao, along with Stoke City team-mates Abdoulaye Faye and Ibrahima Sonko, were caught up in crowd trouble in Dakar.
Central defender Ibrahima Sonko, from English second division club Brentford, gets his first call up in the place of Lamine Diatta who is injured.
Spartak Moscow left back Baye Ali Ibra Kebe is recalled after a long absence, and Ibrahima Diallo of Senegalese champions Jeanne d'Arc could also fill in.
Leeds substitute Aidan White crossed the ball from the right and Ibrahima Sonko, under pressure in the six-yard box, could only play the ball to Snodgrass, who duly converted.
Firstly, Danny Pugh came on for Andy Wilkinson, then Ibrahima Sonko for Ryan Shawcross and, finally, Ricardo Fuller was replaced by debutant Henri Camara after falling awkwardly and damaging his shoulder.
Ibrahima Dahirou, the head of Mali's armed forces, told Radio France Internationale in an interview published on its Web site Tuesday that French air strikes have made all the difference so far.
The 2002 World Cup quarter-finalists also missed a penalty in the second half with Pape Bouba Diop blasting his spot kick against the bar after Ibrahima Faye was brought down in the box.
Fortunately for them Hull were even shakier and before the half-hour mark Torres doubled the lead, slipping on to a Benayoun slide-rule pass, nonchalantly rounding Ibrahima Sonko and Myhill before clipping into the net.
Mali's army chief General Ibrahima Dahirou Dembele told AFP that Chadian troops would join some 500 Nigeri troops in western Niger with the aim of crossing the border and heading towards the town of Gao, in north-eastern Mali.
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