Maktab al-Khidmat

Noun

1.

Maktab al-Khidmat - 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 fights the Russians; a split in the group led bin Laden and the extremist faction of MAK to form al-Qaeda Synonyms: MAK

foreign terrorist organization, FTO, MAK, terrorist group, terrorist organization