Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) emerged from a group started in the late 1990s by radical Algerian Islamists, who in 2007 pledged allegiance to Osama Bin Laden's Al Qaeda network.
Al-Qaacidada Maqribul Islaami waxay ka timid koox ay bilaabeen dhammaadkii 1990-yadii Islaamiyiin xagjir ah oo Aljeeriyaan ah, kuwaasoo 2007 ballan qaaday inay daacad u yihiin shabakadda Al-Qaacida ee Osama Bin Laden.