| LC control no. | no2017102985 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | Islamic State Khorasan Province (Organization) |
| Variant(s) | Dawlah al-Islāmiyah fi al-'Irāq wa-al-Shām, Wilayah Khorasan Dawlah al-Islāmiyah fi 'l-'Irāq wa-sh-Shām, Wilayah Khorasan Islamic State in Khorasan Province (Organization) ISIL-Khorasan ISIL-K (Islamic State Khorasan Province) ISIS-K (Islamic State Khorasan Province) ISISK (Islamic State Khorasan Province) ISKP (Islamic State Khorasan Province) ISK (Islamic State Khorasan Province) IS Khorasan Province (Organization) IS (Organization). Islamic State Khorasan Province |
| Beginning date | 2015-01-10 |
| Associated country | Afghanistan Pakistan |
| Field of activity | Islamic fundamentalism |
| Found in | Iran and Russia reenter the Afghan Conflict, 2017: page 1 (Islamic State--Khorasan Province (ISKP); ISKP emerged in Afghanistan and Pakistan in early 2015) The Islamic State in 'Khorasan': How it began and where it stands now in Nangarhar, 27 July 2016 viewed via Afghanistan Analysts Network, August 7, 2017 (The Islamic State's local franchise in Afghanistan and Pakistan, the Islamic State in Khorasan Province (ISKP) claimed responsibility for the suicide attack on the TUTAP protests in Kabul on 23 July 2016; IS Khorasan Province) State Department, August 8, 2017: Home>Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights>Bureau of Counterterrorism and Countering Violent Extremism>Releases>Other Releases>Terrorism Designations Press Releases (Foreign Terrorist Organization Designation of ISIL - Khorasan (ISIL-K); ISIL-K announced its formation on January 10, 2015) Wikipedia, Aug. 7, 2017 (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant--Khorasan Province; ad-Dawlah al-Islāmiyah fi 'l-'Irāq wa-sh-Shām, Wilayah Khorasan, or ISIL-KP, is a branch of the militant Islamist group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), active in Afghanistan and Pakistan; also uses ISK, ISISK, or ISIS-K; area of operations includes other parts of South Asia such as India) |
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