Services Office

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Founded in Pakistan in 1984 by Abdullah Azzam, the Services Office (Maktab al-Khadamat) both supported refugees from the Afghanistan War (1978-92) and channeled weapons and volunteers against the Soviets in Afghanistan. It was also an increasingly radical Islamist organization.

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