The Al Farouq training camp, also known as "the airport camp", was an alleged Al-Qaeda training camp near Kandahar, Afghanistan. Camp attendees received small-arms training, map-reading, orientation, explosives training, and other training.
It was ostensibly one of the camps bombed by American cruise missiles on August 20, 1998 in retaliation for the 1998 embassy bombings. It continued to operate until August 2001, when it was shut down by its trainers. The camp was bombed again on October 10, 2001.
According to American intelligence analysts the director of the Al Farouq camp was a Saudi named Abdul Quduz who was later one of the commanders at the battle of Tora Bora.
Abu Walid al Masri served as a trainer at the camp during the mid 90's. Saif al-Adel stated that Asim al-Yamani was also a trainer at the camp.
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