India’s global campaign against cross-border terrorism received a boost with the inclusion of The Resistance Front (TRF) in the recent report of a counter-terror committee of the United Nations Security Council, officials in New Delhi said on Wednesday (30 July 2025).
India has described the TRF as a front of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and accused it of carrying out the Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 civilians and injured dozens more on April 22. The Monitoring Team of the 1267 Sanctions Committee, which chronicles global terror groups for international punitive actions, published its report on July 24.
India had sent a technical team to the UN to convey its position on cross-border terrorism, after Operation Sindoor was conducted between May 7 to 10. The technical team had reached out to the members of the UNSC and briefed officials of the 1267 Sanctions Committee’s Monitoring Team. Earlier, India’s campaign found support from the United States, with the U.S. State Department including TRF as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) and Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) on July 17.
In its report, the Team noted that the TRF had taken responsibility for the attack in Pahalgam, saying, “On 22 April, five terrorists attacked a tourist spot in Pahalgam, in Jammu and Kashmir. Twenty-six civilians were killed. The attack was claimed that same day by The Resistance Front (TRF), who in parallel published a photograph of the attack site. The claim of responsibility was repeated the following day. On 26 April, however, TRF retracted their claim. There was no further communication from TRF, and no other group claimed responsibility.”
