Al-Qaeda in Bosnia and Herzegovina is the al-Qaeda branch based in Bosnia and Herzegovina, active since the Bosnian War in 1992. During the Bosnian War, the group organised the Bosnian mujahideen (called El Mudžahid), a volunteer jihadist detachment of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The group operated through the Saudi High Commission (SHC), and after the war carried out the Mostar car bombing in 1997. The operations in Bosnia were a key factor in the development of al-Qaeda following the Soviet–Afghan War, and its expansion into Europe and the West.