India briefs UNSC Sanctions Committee on Lashkar front TRF over Pahalgam attack

An Indian delegation is reported to have held consultations with the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Sanctions Committee regarding The Resistance Front (TRF) and its links with the banned terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).

As per sources, the Indian side provided the UNSC committee with strong and compelling evidence linking the TRF with the LeT. The Indian delegation provided digital signatures, financial trails, and physical connections indicating an established link between the TRF and the UN-designated terrorist outfit.

The discussions focused on revealing a clearer understanding of the operational dynamics and the interconnectedness of these terror outfits in the region.

Notably, the TRF had initially claimed responsibility for the deadly April 22 terrorist attack in Pahalgam in India’s Jammu and Kashmir, in which 26 people, mostly Hindus, were killed.

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The Indian intelligence agencies have long assessed that the TRF operates as the front and a proxy of the banned Pakistan-based LeT.

A few days later, the TRF walked back on its claim and blamed the earlier statement on an alleged cyberattack by Indian cyber-intelligence operatives. The retraction was, however, dismissed by Indian security agencies and analysts.

India is pushing for the UNSC to officially designate TRF as a terrorist organisation under the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) 1267 sanctions regime.

Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal earlier stated: “TRF is one organisation which is a front of the Lashkar-e-Taiba and you would understand that we have been pursuing listing of TRF in the United Nations by the United Nations Security Council by the UNCC 1267 sanctions committee.”

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Jaiswal elaborated that New Delhi has already been engaging with the UN on this issue over the past two years. He added: “Over the last two years or so, since 2023-24 we have been sharing information with the United Nations Security Council, the monitoring team of the sanctions committee as to why the terrorist TRF which is the front for Lashkar-e-Taiba should be listed as a terrorist entity.”

India had previously provided inputs regarding TRF in its half-yearly submissions to the monitoring team of the 1267 Committee in May and November 2024.

These reports highlighted TRF’s role as a cover organisation for internationally sanctioned groups such as LeT and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), and detailed its involvement in killings, arms trafficking and terrorist recruitment.