Maktab al-Khidamat

Maktab al-Khidamat
مكتب الخدمات
FoundersAbdullah Azzam
Wa'el Hamza Julaidan
Osama bin Laden
Ayman al-Zawahiri
Foundation1984
Dissolved1988
Part of Al-Qaeda (after 1988)
Allies

Mujahideen allies:

Opponents Afghanistan
 Soviet Union (1984–1989)
Succeeded by
Al-Qaeda

The Maktab al-Khidamat, also Maktab Khadamāt al-Mujāhidīn al-'Arab (Arabic: مكتب الخدمات or مكتب خدمات المجاهدين العرب, MAK), 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. MAK became the forerunner to al-Qaeda and was instrumental in creating the fundraising and recruitment network that benefited Al-Qaeda during the 1990s.[1]

  1. ^ National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (2004). Monograph on Terrorist Financing – Staff Report to the Commission (PDF). p. 91.