User:Geo Swan/Sadda training camp

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

In The Arabs at War in Afghanistan Mustafa Hamid described the camp opening Pakistan tribal region in 1986 by the Maktab al-Khadamat. 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.