Nasir al-Bahri reported that the camp was only established following the arrival of Egyptian Islamic Jihad and Egyptian Islamic Group militants who had suitable expertise as to provide training to others.
[2] The United States attacked the area with cruise missiles on August 20, 1998, in retaliation for the 1998 embassy bombings.
[6] According to U.S. 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.
[10] In this period, various ethnic factions in Afghanistan were competing for power, with the Taliban soon to emerge in control.
Saif al-Adel stated that Asim al-Yamani was also a trainer at the camp.