ISAF

alternative Isaf

1. abbreviationacronymAcronym of International Sailing Federation (world governing body for the sport of sailing).
2. abbreviationacronymAcronym of International Security Assistance Force (NATO-led mission in Afghanistan which was established on 20 December 2001).

   ISAF, an international peacekeeping force, has been sent to Kabul.

   2007, Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns, BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING (2018), page 377

   1. USabbreviationacronymderogatorygovernmentAcronym of I saw Americans fighting, a facetious backronym reinterpretation of ISAF, according to the perceived situation in Afghanistan, according to some critics in the USA, where NATO troops did not carry the load carried by Americans.
3. initialismInternational Shark Attack File (global database of shark attacks)

1. Alternative letter-case form of ISAF (“International Security Assistance Force”).

   The insurgency remains resilient, but is under "significant and sustained" pressure in areas where Isaf and the Afghan national security forces are focusing their efforts.

   2012 February 1, “Afghanistan: the big lie”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 25 Nov 2020, retrieved 08 Aug 2025