India presses UN to list LeT front TRF as terror outfit over Pahalgam attack; blames Pakistan for blocking move

India has ramped up its efforts to designate Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) proxy The Resistance Front (TRF) as a UN-listed terrorist organisation, citing its alleged role in the recent Pahalgam attack.

According to a PTI report, citing official sources, an Indian technical team is currently in New York engaging with the 1267 Sanctions Committee’s Monitoring Team, as well as representatives from partner countries at the United Nations.

The delegation is also scheduled to hold meetings with the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) and the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) as part of its lobbying efforts.

The team is expected to provide some materials to the relevant UN committees on the alleged involvement of The Resistance Front (TRF) in the strike, it is learnt, PTI reported.

The TRF, a front for the UN-proscribed Pakistani terrorist group LeT, had claimed responsibility for the dastardly April 22 attack in which 26 civilians, mostly tourists, were killed in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam.

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Pakistan, with support from China, has continued to shield The Resistance Front (TRF) at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), where it currently serves as a non-permanent member.

The move has stalled efforts at the 1267 Sanctions Committee — formally known as the ISIS and Al-Qaeda Sanctions Committee — which was established under UNSC Resolution 1267 (1999) to impose sanctions on individuals and groups linked to terrorism.

The committee, under Resolutions 1267, 1989 (2011), and 2253 (2015), has the mandate to enforce asset freezes, travel bans, and arms embargoes on designated entities associated with ISIS, Al-Qaeda, and their affiliates.

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Meanwhile, in his first address since the recent India-Pakistan conflict and the subsequent ceasefire, Prime Minister Narendra Modi issued a strong warning, saying that “India will not tolerate nuclear blackmail.” He reiterated that “trade and terror, talks and terror cannot go together.”

PM Modi described Operation Sindoor — India’s retaliatory strikes on terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir following the April 22 attack — as a marker of India’s new, resolute counter-terrorism doctrine.

Addressing Pakistan directly, PM Modi said the country must dismantle its terror networks if it wants to survive, warning that “terrorists you have nurtured will ultimately destroy you.”

He further asserted that India makes no distinction between terror groups and the regimes that support them and will respond decisively to any future provocation.

With inputs from agencies