Islamic State – Khorasan Province

E34799

Islamist extremist group militant group regional branch of the Islamic State terrorist organization

Islamic State – Khorasan Province is a regional branch of the Islamic State militant group active mainly in Afghanistan and Pakistan, known for insurgent attacks, terrorism, and opposition to both Western forces and the Taliban.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Islamic State – Khorasan Province canonical	8
Islamic State Khorasan Province	2
ISIS-Khorasan (IS-K)	1
Islamic State affiliates in South Asia	1
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islamist extremist group ⓘ militant group ⓘ regional branch of the Islamic State ⓘ terrorist organization ⓘ
activeInConflict	Insurgency in Afghanistan (post-2021) ⓘ Swat Valley conflict ⓘ surface form: Insurgency in Pakistan War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ
allies	Islamic State central leadership ⓘ
countryOfOperation	Afghanistan ⓘ Iran ⓘ Pakistan ⓘ Tajikistan ⓘ Uzbekistan ⓘ
designatedAsTerroristBy	Canada ⓘ European Union ⓘ India ⓘ Russia ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United Nations ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
enemyOf	al-Qaeda ⓘ surface form: Al-Qaeda Taliban ⓘ
goal	establish an Islamic State caliphate in the Khorasan region ⓘ
ideology	Islamic extremism ⓘ Salafi jihadism ⓘ
notableCharacteristic	extreme sectarian violence ⓘ transnational recruitment of fighters ⓘ
opposes	Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ⓘ surface form: Afghan government (pre-2021) NATO ⓘ surface form: NATO forces Pakistani state ⓘ Taliban ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
parentOrganization	Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ⓘ surface form: Islamic State
region	Khorasan ⓘ
religion	Sunni Islam ⓘ
targets	Hazara community ⓘ Shia Muslims ⓘ civilians ⓘ foreign forces ⓘ government officials ⓘ religious minorities ⓘ
typeOfViolence	insurgency ⓘ terrorism ⓘ
usesTactic	assassinations ⓘ bombings ⓘ improvised explosive devices ⓘ mass shootings ⓘ suicide bombing ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) → belligerent → Islamic State – Khorasan Province ⓘ

Afghan National Army → opponent → Islamic State – Khorasan Province ⓘ

Operation Freedom’s Sentinel → opponent → Islamic State – Khorasan Province ⓘ

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria → hasBranch → Islamic State – Khorasan Province ⓘ

Afghan conflicts → mainBelligerent → Islamic State – Khorasan Province ⓘ

ISIS → hasBranch → Islamic State – Khorasan Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: ISIS-Khorasan (IS-K)

Afghan National Army Special Operations Command → primaryOpponents → Islamic State – Khorasan Province ⓘ

Kabul airlift (2021) → opposedBy → Islamic State – Khorasan Province ⓘ

Afghan National Defense and Security Forces → primaryOpponent → Islamic State – Khorasan Province ⓘ

Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi (2022) → associatedWith → Islamic State – Khorasan Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Islamic State Khorasan Province

Islamic State central leadership → influences → Islamic State – Khorasan Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Islamic State Khorasan Province

Islamic State central leadership → influences → Islamic State – Khorasan Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Islamic State affiliates in South Asia

Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin → opposedTo → Islamic State – Khorasan Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province