'Pakistan has no objection', said Ishaq Dar in clarification when America declared TRF a terrorist organization

Pakistan has now openly clarified on the US declaring 'The Resistance Front' (TRF) as a foreign terrorist organization after the terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir on April 22. Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar, after meeting US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington DC, said that if the US has any evidence regarding TRF, Pakistan will welcome it.

Regarding TRF, both India and America believe that it is the new form of Pakistan-based terrorist organization Lashkar-e-Taiba. This is the same organization which took responsibility for the deadly attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir on 22 April 2025, in which many civilians died, but Pakistan is still keeping distance from TRF. Ishaq Dar said, "Lashkar-e-Taiba was eliminated by Pakistan years ago. Action was taken against it, people were arrested, the organization was destroyed. It has nothing to do with TRF."

What did Pakistan's Foreign Minister Dar say?

Dar also said that Pakistan had strongly opposed the inclusion of TRF's name in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) statement condemning the Pahalgam attack. He told Parliament, "We received calls from many countries, but Pakistan opposed the mention of TRF and eventually the name was removed." However, the US has officially designated TRF as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) and Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT). Pakistan welcomed this and said that if there is any evidence, it should be shared, but it is wrong to link the organization to Lashkar-e-Taiba.

India had already declared TRF a terrorist organization

India had already declared TRF a terrorist organization under the UAPA law in January 2023. According to the South Asia Terrorism Portal, TRF started in 2019 through social media. After this, the organization has claimed responsibility for many attacks - including grenade attack in Srinagar, targeted killings and attacks on soldiers.

India has been trying to get TRF declared as an international terrorist for the last two years. For this, India also presented evidence before the United Nations 1267 Sanctions Committee in 2023, May 2024 and November 2024.

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What did India say about TRF?

India says that Pakistan's army and government promote cross-border terrorism and organizations like TRF are used to spread violence in Jammu and Kashmir. Prime Minister Narendra Modi also said in a recent address, "India believes in tourism, but Pakistan considers terrorism as tourism, which is dangerous for the world."