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Categories: Organizations designated as terrorist in Asia, Islamic activist organizations, Osama bin Laden, Rebel groups in Afghanistan, Organizations established in 1984

Maktab al-Khidmat MAK Maktab al-Khidamat Makhab al-Khidmat Makhtab al-Khidamat

A terrorist organization founded by Osama bin Laden in the 1980s to provide money and recruit fighters around the world; enlisted and transported thousands of men to Afghanistan to fight the Russians; a split in the group led bin Laden and the extremist faction of MAK to form al-Qaeda WordNet 3.0

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The Maktab al-Khidamat, also Maktab Khadamāt al-Mujāhidīn al-'Arab, also known as the Afghan Services Bureau, was founded in 1984 by Abdullah Azzam, Wa'el Hamza Julaidan, Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri to raise funds and recruit foreign mujahideen for the war against the Soviets in Afghanistan. Wikipedia

The forerunner to al-Qaeda Wikipedia Disambiguation

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terrorist organization

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