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India.com
30-07-2025
- Politics
- India.com
BIG win for India as UNSC report exposes Pakistan, says TRF claimed responsibility for Pahalgam terror attack, shared images of…; Munir, Shehbaz in panic due to…
The UNSC report has named the Lashkar-backed TRF as the perpetrators of the Pahalgam terror attack. (File) Pahalgam terror attack: In a major diplomatic victory for India, United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has for the first time acknowledged the role of The Resistance Front (TRF)– an offshoot of Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror group– in the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, stating that the Lashkar-backed terror outfit claimed responsibility of the attack twice, and also shared pictures of the terror scene on its social media handles. What UNSC report said? In its report, the UNSC's sanctions monitoring committee stated that the Pahalgam attack was carried out with the support of Lashkar-e-Taiba, exposing Pakistan's implicit role in the heinous killings that brought India and Pakistan to the brink of a major war. Islamabad has repeatedly refuted charges of TRF being active on Pakistani soil, but the UNSC report exposes the claim, acknowledging the role of Pakistan-based LeT in the attack. The UNSC report, quoting a member country, said that the terror attack in Pahalgam was not possible without the logistical and weapons' support provided by Lashkar-e-Taiba, which used TRF as a front to carry out the barbaric attack against unarmed innocent tourists. Earlier this month, the United States listed TRF as a foreign terrorist organization and a specially-designated global terrorist outfit. Why UNSC report vindicates India's stance? The UN Security Council report explicitly naming TRF as the perpetrators of the Pahalgam terror attack is a major diplomatic victory for India, and a vindication of New Delhi's stance about Pakistan's role in supporting cross-border terrorism. Additionally, the report is also important because decisions taken by the 1267 Sanctions Committee of the UN Security Council are unanimously adopted by all members of the UN's apex body. As per media reports, the report, which has been submitted to the UNSC's 1267 ISIL and Al Qaeda Sanctions Committee, further states that Lashkar-backed TRF claimed responsibility for the Pahalgam attack twice, before backtracking while claiming its social media handles had been 'hacked'. How India avenged Pahalgam terror attack? On May 7 midnight, Indian Armed Forces launched Operation Sindoor, a series of deadly, precision strikes on terror infrastructures deep inside Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), to avenge the heinous Pahalgam terror attack in which Pakistan-backed terrorists terrorists gunned down 26 civilians, mostly Indian Hindu tourists in Kashmir valley. In a press briefing in national capital New Delhi Delhi hours after the military strikes, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, Colonel Sofiya Qureshi and Wing Commander Vyomika Singh revealed the details and objectives of Operation Sindoor. They said that a total of nine terror camps of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), and Hizbul Mujahideen, were targeted by Indian forces, four of which are in mainland Pakistan while the remaining in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). Following Operation Sindoor, India and Pakistan were engaged in a conflict that last nearly four days before a ceasefire was announced.
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First Post
26-07-2025
- Politics
- First Post
'No objection': Cornered on TRF, Pakistan's Deputy PM Ishaq Dar makes a U-turn, backs US terror listing
Pakistan's Deputy Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar backed the US's move to designate The Resistance Front (TRF) as a terrorist organisation. This marked a significant shift from Dar's previous stance on the Pakistan-based terror group read more Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar backed the United States' decision to designate Lashkar-backed The Resistance Front (TRF) as a 'terrorist organisation'. This marked a significant shift from Dar's previous stance on the Pakistan-based terror group. It is pertinent to note that it was TRF that claimed responsibility for the Pahalgam terror attack on April 22. The attack that rocked India claimed the lives of 26 innocent people. While speaking at an event in Washington, Dar said that Pakistan has 'no objection" to the US designation. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD However, he went on to claim that linking TRF with Lashkar-e-Taiba is 'wrong," without giving any evidence for his assertion. 'It is a sovereign decision of the United States to designate the TRF. We have no issue. And we welcome, if they have any evidence, that they are involved," Dar said at the event organised by the Atlantic Council. I questioned Pakistan's Foreign Minister in Washington I asked about TRF - the group responsible for the Pahalgam attacks which PAK defended at the UN PAK before: "We don't consider TRF illegal. Show proof" PAK now: "US has listed TRF as a terror group. We have no objection" — Shashank Mattoo (@MattooShashank) July 26, 2025 The change in stance Earlier in April, Dar told Pakistan's parliament that Islamabad had prevented the inclusion of TRF in the United Security Council (UNSC) resolution that condemned the Pahalgam terror attack. 'We opposed the mention of TRF in the UNSC statement. I got calls from global capitals, but Pakistan will not accept. TRF was deleted, and Pakistan prevailed," Dar had said. At that time, the Pakistani foreign minister also maintained that Pakistan would need more substantial evidence regarding the TRF's involvement in terror activities. Even while responding to the question posed by The Hindustan Times on Friday, Dar defended his claim, saying there was no conclusive proof then to warrant TRF's inclusion in the UN Security Council statement. It is pertinent to note that India designated The Resistance Front (TRF) as a terrorist outfit under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in January 2023. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD The terror group surfaced back in 2019 through online announcements and has since claimed responsibility for several attacks in Jammu and Kashmir, including a grenade attack in Srinagar that injured seven civilians, and a series of targeted killings in 2021.
News18
25-04-2025
- News18
J&K: Homes Of 2 Pakistan-Backed Pahalgam Attackers Destroyed In Blast
Adil Hussain Thokar and Asif Sheikh are believed to be key accused in the Pahalgam terror attack on April 22, where 26 tourists were massacred by Lashkar-linked terrorists. The homes reportedly belonging to Adil Hussain Thoker and Asif Sheikh, two of the accused Lashkar-backed terrorists who opened fire on unarmed tourists in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam on April 22, were demolished on Friday. The house of Lashkar-e-Taiba-linked terrorist Adil Hussain Thokar, also known as Adil Guree, a resident of Guree, Bijbehara, has been demolished. He is believed to have been involved in the Pahalgam attack that killed 26 people, mostly tourists. VIDEO | House of terrorist Asif Sheikh, who was allegedly involved in Pahalgam terror attack, was blown up in Jammu and Kashmir's Tral. More details awaited.(Source: Third Party) (Full video available on PTI Videos – — Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) April 25, 2025 Adil had legally travelled to Pakistan in 2018, where he reportedly received terror training before returning to Jammu and Kashmir last year, according to sources. Asif Sheikh's house was also destroyed in a blast at Monghama in Tral area of Awantipore in Pulwama district. The Anantnag police had earlier released sketches of Thoker, Sheikh and other terrorists suspected to be involved in the Pahalgam attack. More details to be added.
