Khorasan is a historical region that encompasses parts of modern-day Iran, Afghanistan, and Central Asia. In the context of Islam, Khorasan is also the name of a province of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist organization, known as the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) . ISKP is a transnational Salafi-Jihadist organization and a UN-designated terrorist organization with operational ties with local groups. It is the Central Asian offshoot of IS and was established in 2014. ISKP is fiercely anti-Western and the sworn enemy of the Taliban, another Islamist group that has taken control of Afghanistan. ISKP draws its inspiration from the Salafi tradition, which is strong in the country’s eastern provinces, and prides itself on being even less forgiving of non-believers, including minority sects of Islam, like the Shia, than its fellow jihadists.