Makhtab al-Khidmat - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Maktab al Khidmat (also known as 'the Afghan Bureau") is a militia

Militia

The term militia is commonly used today to refer to a military force composed of ordinary citizens to provide defense, emergency law enforcement, or paramilitary service, in times of emergency without being paid a regular salary or committed to a fixed term of service. It is a polyseme with...

formed during the Soviet war in Afghanistan

Soviet war in Afghanistan

The Soviet war in Afghanistan was a nine-year conflict involving the Soviet Union, supporting the Marxist-Leninist government of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan against the Afghan Mujahideen and foreign "Arab–Afghan" volunteers...

.
Dr Abdullah Azzam founded the group in 1984, with the assistance of his protege Osama bin Laden

Osama bin Laden

Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden was the founder of the militant Islamist organization Al-Qaeda, the jihadist organization responsible for the September 11 attacks on the United States and numerous other mass-casualty attacks against civilian and military targets...

.

The 9-11 Commission reports that originally the group was a US ally, stating the group:

Guantanamo captives alleged to have an association with Maktab al Khidmat

name	notes
Khalid Mahomoud Abdul Wahab Al Asmr Khalid Mahomoud Abdul Wahab Al Asmr Khalid Mahomoud Abdul Wahab Al Asmr is a citizen of Jordan who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba....	Faced the allegation: "The detainee worked for Maktab al Khidmat". Acknowledged working for Maktab al Khidmat. But testified all his work was humanitarian work, and all his work was prior to 1992. Testified he worked under Sheikh Abdullah Azaam's wife. Testified that the Pakistani government shut down Maktab al Khidani in 1996.
Ahmed Hassan Jamil Suleyman Ahmed Hassan Jamil Suleyman Ahmed Hassan Jamil Suleyman is a citizen of Jordan who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 662....	Faced the allegation: "The detainee is a member of the Maktab al-Khidmat." His Assisting Military Officer reported to his Administrative Review Board Administrative Review Board The Administrative Review Board is a United States military body that conducts an annual review of the suspects held by the United States in Camp Delta in the United States Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.... that he "denied knowing anything about Maktab Al-Mukhabarat."
Mammar Ameur Mammar Ameur Mammar Ameur is a citizen of Algeria who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.The Department of Defense reports that Ameur was born on December 1, 1958, in L'aghouat, Algeria....	During his Administrative Review Board he faced the following two allegations: "The detainee stayed at the Algerian guesthouse, located in the Hayatabad Hayatabad Hayatabad is a posh, modern suburb on the south-western fringe of Peshawar, the capital of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It was named after Hayat Sherpao late Governor of NWFP & notable leader of Pakistan Peoples Party... portion of Peshawar Peshawar Peshawar is the capital of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and the administrative center and central economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan.... , Pakistan." "The guesthouse may have been funded by the Maktab al-Khidmat office in Peshawar, Pakistan."

The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.