Meanings
proper noun
- abbreviationAbbreviation of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, Khorasan / Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, Khorasan: Daesh-Khorasan.
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Instead, the president sought to justify his handling of the final weeks of the war, saying that the U.S. military and its diplomats deserved credit and thanks for ferrying out more than 120,000 Americans and Afghan allies in the face of the Taliban takeover and terrorist threats from ISIS-K, an affiliate of the Islamic State.
2021 September 1, Michael D. Shear, Jim Tankersley, “Biden Defends Afghan Pullout and Declares an End to Nation-Building”, in The New York Times, →ISSNSynonyms: IS-K, ISIL-K, Daesh-Khorasan
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APA
ISIS-K. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ISIS-K
MLA
“ISIS-K.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ISIS-K. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ISIS-K,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ISIS-K.
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