India to move UNSC 1267 to declare TRF a terror group

New Delhi: In the aftermath of the Pahalgam terrorist attack, India has decided to send a team to the United Nations Security Council's (UNSC) 1267 Sanctions Committee, scheduled to meet this week, to designate The Resistance Front (TRF) as a terrorist organisation, imposing sanctions and travel bans on its members.

The team will present the latest evidence highlighting Pakistan's complicity in terrorism, according to persons familiar with the development. The evidence will focus on the role of TRF in the April 22 terrorist attack, in which 26 civilians were killed.


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Pakistan, a UNSC non-permanent member, has been safeguarding TRF at UNSC with the help of China and was successful in blocking the mention of the terror outfit's name in a UNSC statement, condemning the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, sources said. TRF has claimed responsibility for the attack twice.

The 1267 Sanctions Committee, also known as the ISIS and Al-Qaeda Sanctions Committee, that was established under UNSC Resolution in 1999, is one of the most important UN subsidiary bodies working towards combating terrorism, particularly in relation to ISIS, Al-Qaeda and associated individuals, groups, undertakings and entities. It also decides on sanction measures related to individuals, entities and groups, associated with the terror organisations and ensures the implementation of sanctions pursuant to UNSC resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015).


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TRF emerged as an offshoot of LeT after Article 370 was abrogated in J&K in 2019. The National Investigation Agency's probe has nailed TRF's involvement in planning, killings, recruiting terrorists and smuggling weapons.