maktab al-khidmat

1. 1.

   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

   SynonymsMAK

   Broaderterrorist organization

   terrorism

Questions about maktab al-khidmat

What does maktab al-khidmat mean?

maktab al-khidmat means "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".

What is another word for maktab al-khidmat?

Close synonyms include MAK. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.