- By Ajeet Kumar
- Fri, 16 May 2025 03:24 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
A delegation from India met with the top UN counter-terrorism officials and briefed them on the case for declaring The Resistance Front (TRF), the perpetrator of the Pahalgam massacre, an international terrorist organisation and sanctioning it. According to a report by News 18, the proof contained digital signatures, financial trails, and physical connections, all pointing towards TRF operating as a front for the UN-designated terror group LeT. The briefing sought to enhance the UNSC Sanctions Committee's insight into the operational mechanisms and regional linkages of these terrorist groups.
What is TRF?
The TRF, an affiliate of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), which has been listed as an international terrorist organisation by the UN. The delegation was also met with the monitoring team of the Security Council panel known as the 1267 Committee that sanctions terrorist groups and those associated with them, according to news agency PTI sources. The team, the sources said, is presenting the committee with evidence of TRF carrying out the Pahalgam attack and its other activities.
The committee is named after Security Council Resolution 1267, which calls for action against the Islamic State or Da'esh, Al-Qaida, and groups and people associated with them. The delegation was also meeting with diplomats from UN members to press for declaring the TRF a terrorist organisation.
What UNOCT said
The readout from the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) of the meetings with the Indian delegation said that for India and the UN counter-terrorism agencies the "key areas of cooperation include UNOCT-led technical capacity-building initiatives supported by India -- such as cybersecurity, countering terrorist travel, supporting victims of terrorism, and countering the financing of terrorism".
The delegation and the UN officials also "discussed efforts to counter the use of new and emerging technologies for terrorist purposes," the readout said. These goals were set out in the 2022 Delhi Declaration, adopted by the UN Security Council's Counter-Terrorism Committee, chaired by India, when it met in the Indian capital and paid special attention to emerging terrorist threats through the use of emerging technologies.
(With inputs from agency)