Maktab al-Khidamat

The Maktab al - Maktab al - Chadamat or rather Chidamāt (Arabic: al - Maktab مكتب الخدمات chidamāt, service bureau 'or مكتب خدمات المجاهدين العرب Maktab al - Mujahideen al Chidamāt - ʿ Arab, service bureau of the Arab mujahideen ', English Maktab al written - Khidamāt, abbreviated as MAC) was a focal point for Islamist fighters in Afghanistan at the time of armed resistance against the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan.

The MAK was at the beginning of the 1980s by Abdallah Azzam, a mentor of Osama bin Laden, based in Peshawar ( Pakistan). Bin Laden played an important role within the MAK. The task of the MAK was to recruit future Afghanistan fighters and train. It also served as a mediator for financial transactions for the benefit of the Afghan resistance against the Soviet occupation.

It maintained close relations with the Pakistani government, particularly to Pakistan 's ISI.

After the death of Bin Laden, Azzam took the leadership of the Maktab al - Chidamat and developed from al - Qaeda.