maktab al-khidmat

Noun

• 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

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• Synonyms: 
  Maktab al-Khidmat , MAK