“AL-QAEDA” PROVED ITS PRESENCE IN BAKU ALREADY IN LATE 1980

“Al-Qaeda” terrorist organization founded its office in Baku already in late 1980s and assisted Azerbaijan in the Karabakh war against Armenians. As “Mediamax” agency reports, Washington ProFile American information center has stated that today. 1993 September, to participate in the Karabakh war in Azerbaijan, 1500 Afghan mojaheds arrived in Azerbaijan, the American sources note. “1994 summer, their number increased to 2500. After heavy losses in the battles against Armenians, the Afghan unit was disbanded but many members of it participated in other regional conflicts”, Washington ProFile notes.