Entity

Afghan Service Bureau

Listed by United States, UN Security Council, European Union and United Kingdom. No matched entry on the Canada list. Lists as published through October 13, 2026.

• ISIS, al-Qaeda and Affiliates

Listing Status by Jurisdiction

• US Listed
• UN Listed
• EU Listed
• UK Listed
• CA No matched entry

Canada gives effect to UN Security Council listings through regulations under the United Nations Act, so this UN-listed entity is subject to Canadian measures even though it has no entry on the two Canadian lists compared here.

Entries on Each List

All 4 entries tie through OpenSanctions entity NK-jcVeBGdezdQAbQd64Nd5wV plus an exact name or alias. Any further match basis is shown on the entry.

• United States

  MAKHTAB AL-KHIDAMAT/AL KIFAH

  Reference

  OFAC entry 6910

  Listing date

  Not stated in the SDN list file

  Program or regime as stated

  SDGT

  Match basis

  OpenSanctions entity stated above

  Source

  OFAC SDN List, file of October 13, 2026

• UN Security Council

  MAKHTAB AL-KHIDAMAT

  Reference

  QDe.012

  Listing date

  October 6, 2001

  Program or regime as stated

  Al-Qaida

  Match basis

  • UN reference number QDe.012 (with UK entry AQD0067)

  Source

  UN Security Council Consolidated List, file of October 12, 2026

• United Kingdom

  MAKHTAB AL-KHIDAMAT

  Reference

  AQD0067

  Listing date

  October 6, 2001

  Program or regime as stated

  Isil (Da'esh) and Al-Qaeda (United Nations Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

  Identifiers on the entry

  UN reference QDe.012

  Match basis

  • UN reference number QDe.012 (with UN entry QDe.012)

  Source

  UK Sanctions List, file of October 12, 2026

• European Union

  Afghan Service Bureau

  Reference

  EU.290.80

  Listing date

  October 6, 2001

  Program or regime as stated

  TAQA

  Identifiers on the entry

  Regulations 2023/2670 (OJ L24112023)

  Match basis

  OpenSanctions entity stated above

  Source

  EU Consolidated Financial Sanctions List, file of October 12, 2026

Program Assignment

• ISIS, al-Qaeda and Affiliates: list program EU TAQA; Isil (Da'esh) and Al-Qaeda (United Nations Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019; UN Al-Qaida list

Names and Aliases on the Lists (10)

• AFGHAN SERVICE BUREAU
• Afghan Service Bureau
• Al Kifah
• Gabinete de Serviços afegão
• MAK
• MAKHTAB AL-KHIDAMAT
• Makhtab Al-Khidamat
• MAKHTAB AL-KHIDAMAT/AL KIFAH
• Oficina de Servicios Afgana
• مكتب الخدمات

Cite: Middle East Forum, "Afghan Service Bureau," Sanctions Comparator, accessed October 13, 2026, https://sanctions.meforum.org/e/us-6910/.