'''الأفغان العرب''' هم المقاتلين [[عرب|العرب]] الذين جاءوا إلى [[أفغانستان]] لمقاومة [[غزوالحرب سوفييتيالسوفيتية لأفغانستانفي أفغانستان|الغزو السوفييتي]] ويعتبر [[أسامة بن لادن]] و[[عبد الله عزام]] و[[سيف الإسلام خطاب|ثامر السويلم]] ("خطاب") من اشهرهم.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Kepel|first1=Gilles|title=Jihad: The Trail of Political Islam|publisher=I.B.Tauris|page=137|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OLvTNk75hUoC&pg=PA145&dq=jihad+kepel+erudition&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CB0Q6AEwAGoVChMIq8KRvI_KxgIVyTiICh3oIg31#v=onepage&q=jihad%20kepel%20erudition&f=false|accessdate=7 July 2015|quote=In the camps and training centers around Peshawar ... Arabs mixed with Afghans and Muslim from every corner of the world and exchanged ideas based on their different traditions. [In this] great gathering of international Islamists ... many unexpected ideological cross fertilizations and grafts emerged.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Scheuer|first1=Michael|title=Through Our Enemies' Eyes: Osama Bin Laden, Radical Islam, and the Future of ...|date=2002|publisher=Potomac Books|isbn=978-1-57488-967-3|page=68|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EMu742Y4tuMC&pg=PA68&dq=%22Those+who+believe+that+Islam+can+flourish+and+be+victorious+without+Jihad%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=_HQUVdeXOdjqoATEoILYDA&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22Those%20who%20believe%20that%20Islam%20can%20flourish%20and%20be%20victorious%20without%20Jihad%22&f=false|accessdate=26 March 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://www.religioscope.com/info/doc/jihad/azzam_defence_1_table.htm Defence of the Muslim Lands; The First Obligation After Iman], by Sheikh Abdullah Azzam (Shaheed), English translation work done by Brothers in Ribatt {{Webarchive|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20160529152729/http://www.religioscope.com/info/doc/jihad/azzam_defence_1_table.htm |date=29 مايو 2016}}</ref> في الأردن، كانوا يمثلون بشكل غير رسمي بمكتب المجاهدين الأفغان الذي كان يديره [[عبد المجيد المجالي|عبد المجيد إبراهيم المجالي]] في الثمانينيات<ref>{{مرجع ويب
