Abdullah Yusuf Azzam1980
Al-Qaeda evolved from the Maktab al-Khidamat, or the "Services Office", a Muslim organisation founded by by Abdullah Yusuf Azzam
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Al-Qaeda evolved from the Maktab al-Khidamat, or the "Services Office", a Muslim organisation founded by by Abdullah Yusuf Azzam
MAK organizes guest houses in Peshawar, near the Afghan border, and gathered supplies for the construction of paramilitary training camps to prepare foreign recruits for the Afghan war front
Maktab al-Khidamat is established by Abdullah Azzam and Bin Laden in Peshawar, Pakistan
Azzam and bin Laden start creating camps inside Afghanistan
Azzam is assassinated, the MAK split, with a significant number joining bin Ladens organisation
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