TRF Named in UN Report for Pahalgam Attack; India Scores Diplomatic Win at UNSC
/ Jul 30, 2025, 02:56PM IST
In a major diplomatic win for India, the UN Security Council's 1267 Sanctions Committee Monitoring Team report has explicitly named The Resistance Front (TRF), a proxy outfit of Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT), for its involvement in the deadly Pahalgam terror attack on April 22, 2024. The report validates India's long-standing position that TRF operates as a front for LeT, exposing Pakistan's strategy of plausible deniability. It marks the first UN mention of LeT since 2019 and reflects international consensus on Pakistan-sponsored terrorism. The report also cited that TRF claimed responsibility for the attack twice before retracting it. This follows the US government's designation of TRF as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation (FTO) and Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT). India had provided detailed dossiers and briefings to the UN since 2023 to push for global recognition of TRF's terror activities in Jammu and Kashmir.#TRF #PahalgamAttack #UNReport #LeT #PakistanTerror #IndiaUN #JammuAndKashmir #CounterTerrorism #UNSC1267 #SheikhSajjadGul #IndiaDiplomacy #TRFBanned #USDesignatesTRF #TerrorExposed #PakistanExposed
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