India on Friday welcomed the US’s move to designate The Resistance Front (TRF), the group behind the Pahalgam terror attack, as a terrorist organisation and described the move as “a strong affirmation of India-US counter-terrorism operation”.
In a post on X, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said: “A strong affirmation of India-US counter-terrorism cooperation. Appreciate @SecRubio and @StateDept for designating TRF-a Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT) proxy-as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) and Specially Designated Gloabl Terrorist (SDGT). It claimed responsibility for the April 22 Pahalgam attack. Zero tolerance for Terrorism. #OpSindoor.”
The TRF is a shadow group of the banned Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror group, and had claimed responsibility for the April 22 terror attack that killed 25 tourists – 24 Indians and one Nepali citizen.