Services Bureau for Afghan Mujahideen
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The Services Bureau for Afghan Mujahideen was an organization established in the 1980s to recruit, fund, and support foreign volunteers fighting alongside Afghan resistance forces against the Soviet occupation.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamist organization
ⓘ
organization ⓘ support organization for foreign fighters ⓘ |
| activityReducedAfter | Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
MAK
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Maktab al-Khidamat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Muslim Brotherhood networks
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pakistani intelligence milieu ⓘ Saudi religious establishment (informally) ⓘ |
| countryOfOperation | Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| declineBegan | late 1980s ⓘ |
| dissolvedInPeriod | early 1990s ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Abdullah Azzam
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Osama bin Laden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedInPeriod | 1980s ⓘ |
| fundedBy |
Islamist charities
ⓘ
private donors from Gulf states ⓘ |
| hadKeyMember |
Ayman al-Zawahiri
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Osama bin Laden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hadLeader | Abdullah Azzam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hadOfficeIn |
Jeddah
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Peshawar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ideology |
Salafi jihadism
ⓘ
Sunni Islamism ⓘ |
| influenced | formation of al-Qaeda ⓘ |
| languageOfOperations | Arabic ⓘ |
| notableFor |
mobilizing Arab volunteers to Afghanistan
ⓘ
serving as precursor network to al-Qaeda ⓘ |
| operatedInContextOf | Soviet–Afghan War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operationalFocus | support of jihad in Afghanistan against Soviet forces ⓘ |
| primaryLocation | Peshawar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| provided |
documentation and visas assistance
ⓘ
financial support to volunteers ⓘ training facilitation for foreign fighters ⓘ travel arrangements for volunteers ⓘ |
| purpose |
channel donations to Afghan resistance groups
ⓘ
fund foreign volunteers fighting in Afghanistan ⓘ provide logistical support to foreign fighters ⓘ recruit foreign volunteers for Afghan mujahideen ⓘ |
| recruitedFrom |
Arab countries
ⓘ
Middle East NERFINISHED ⓘ North Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInConflict | coordination hub for foreign fighters in Soviet–Afghan War ⓘ |
| supported |
Afghan mujahideen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
foreign volunteers in Afghanistan ⓘ |
| targetConstituency | Arab Muslims ⓘ |
| usedMedium |
Islamic publications for fundraising
ⓘ
mosques and Islamic centers for recruitment ⓘ |
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