C053 3678 b 1 b 3 · EO 12958 1 4 b 25Yrs f ' EO 12958 1 4 c 25Yrs EO 129581 4 d 25Yrs EO 12958 1 4 e 25Yrs EQ 129_58 3 5 c Sketch of a South Asia-Based ·· Terrorist Trainin2P ·- a n d___ Logistic Ne workj ___ _ _ _ l Afghanistan and Pakistan remain key traininP and logistic centers for Sunni Islamic mili n - --- ' - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ' · arious Sunni · Islamic extremist groups use well-established systems ot interrelated-and som times overJap- pin afebouses and trainin facilities in these two countries One Peshawar-based nongovernmental· organization NGO -the Maktabal-Khidamat MAK or Service Organization-appears t o play a key role in facilitating the training nd travel of Islamic extremists -- i World Trade Center and Manila-Based Plots _Many of the individuals convicted of bombing the Worlcl Trade Center in New York in 1993 were recruited through the al-Kifah center in Brooklyn-a branch of the MAK-according to press reports The alleged mastermind of the plot Ramzi Yousef left Peshawar · for New York ·six months before the bombing 2 0000-1 APPROVED FOR RELEASEn DATE 25-April-2012 IS DITR 95-012 December 995 C 05313 678 - 16 · c o s 3 7 3 6 7 s Logo for the AI-Kifah enter in Maktab al-Khidamat MAK u Brooklyn New York U I Abdullah'AzamJ founded the MAK as the Services Office for Afghanistan in '1985 to support the recruitment and movement of volunteers to fight in the war in Afghanistan he was killed by a car '---r-- -om- - - m - Y -c-es a-w-ar- n His followers have continued to pursue his stated goal of bringing about Islamic government worldwide through violence han-Sovjet war MAK established sev- Unclassified 17 C 0537 3678 · • The MAK may be snonsoring one of the muiahidin units in Bosnia I I I MAK's magazine Al-Jihad told readers to send $100 to the Emirate's Bank in Peshawar to sponsor a mujahidin in Bosnia • In another article in its magazine MAK sta_ted that it h d tried to open a school in Muzzafrabad Pakistan to attract Arab volunteers for the struggle in Kashmir 18 · c 0 537 3 67 s Implicationsl I Information we have about this Afghanistan-Pakistan centered network highlights the growing capabilities and worldwide reach of Sunni Islamic extremist groups p1ebomlling 7 a - nC'T' ila-based plots '- o rtn ec- wcr or rna ua ae -r oe n te - r- a -nc1 rrrttn - ce'M against US interests involved·individuals from several countrie I from dit erent 1Slam1c extremist groupsj '----- 19