Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan has made the explosive disclosure that the Pakistani army and ISI trained al -Qaida and other terrorist groups to fight in Afghanistan. Al-Qaida was founded in 1988 by Osama bin Laden even as Soviet troops were leaving Afghanistan. Specifically, al-Qaida was formed in Peshawar, Pakistan on August 11, 1988.

from Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/imran-khan-admits-pak-army-trained-al-qaida/articleshow/71269802.cms