An Indian technical team has arrived in New York to present evidence against The Resistance Front (TRF), which India has blamed for the deadly terror attack in Pahalgam on April 22. The team will meet the Monitoring Team of the 1267 Sanctions Committee of the United Nations. This committee is responsible for deciding which terrorist groups should be banned worldwide.

According to official sources, “An Indian technical team is in New York. They are interacting with the Monitoring Team of the 1267 Sanctions Committee and other partner countries in the U.N. They will also be meeting with the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) and Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED).”

This meeting is seen as the first step by India to get TRF banned by the United Nations. India wants the global community to recognise TRF as a terrorist organisation.

TRF was formed in 2019 and was initially known for spreading anti-India messages, especially through the Telegram app. It started by opposing the entry of “outsiders” into Kashmir. However, Indian officials now say that TRF is not just a small group but is actually connected to the Pakistan-based terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba.

After the Pahalgam attack, India said that TRF is an offshoot of Lashkar-e-Taiba, the group responsible for several terror attacks, including the 26/11 Mumbai attacks.

On May 7, during Operation Sindoor, India bombed a large complex in Muridke, near Islamabad, which India says is a Lashkar-e-Taiba base. India believes that the Pahalgam attack is part of the same terror network.

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