User:Geo Swan/Sadda training camp

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Sadda training camp trained Arab volunteers who wanted to fight beside Afghan militias against Afghanistan's Soviet invaders.[1][2]

In The Arabs at War in Afghanistan Mustafa Hamid described the camp opening Pakistan tribal region in 1986 by the Maktab al-Khadamat.[1] Hamid asserted it was unable to provide effective military training until a former Syrian army officer Abu Burhan al-Suri arrived. The camp operated until 2008, when it was shut down under pressure from the Pakistani military. Maktab al-Khadamat opened the Khaldan training camp, in Afghanistan, after it shut down Sadda.

alumni of the sada training camp
isn name notes
00654 Abdul al Ghizzawi Alleged to have attended in 1988
00493 Abdul Hakim Bukhary Alleged to have attended in the "late 1980s".



References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Mustafa Hamid, Leah Farrall (2015). The Arabs at War in Afghanistan. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9781849045940. Retrieved 2016-07-08.
  2. ^ "A Profile of Abu'l-Walid al-Masri". Combating Terrorism Center. January 1, 2008. Retrieved October 24, 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |autho= ignored (help)