New Delhi: An Indian delegation is in New York for interaction with the Monitoring Team of the 1267 Sanctions Committee and other partner countries in the United Nations to designate The Resistance Front (TRF) as a UN-listed terror outfit, said sources in the External Affairs Ministry.
The team will also be meeting key UN bodies like the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) and Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED), eyeing to strengthen the global cooperation in fighting terrorism.
"An Indian technicial team is in New York. They are interacting today with the Monitoring Team of the 1267 Sanctions Committee and other partner countries in the UN. They will also be meeting with the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) and Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED)," sources said Wednesday night.
This engagement comes in the wake of the recent terrorist attack in Kashmir's Pahalgam which was perpetrated by TRF, a front for the UN-listed terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). TRF had reportedly claimed responsibility for the dastardly April 22 attack in Pahalgam, in which 26 innocent civilians lost their lives.
As per PTI reports, India has stepped up its efforts to designate TRF as a UN-listed terror organisation for its alleged involvement in the Pahalgam attack, following which there would be imposition of sanctions and travel bans on its outfit's members.
It is learnt that the technical team may provide some materials to the relevant UN committees on the alleged involvement of TRF in the Pahalgam massacre.
Notably, in response to the terrorist attack in Pahalgam, India on May 7 launched Operation Sindoor to destroy the terror bases behind the attack. On the intervening night of May 6-7, India successfully destroyed nine major terror launchpads in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK), targeting Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed, and Hizbul Mujahideen facilities. Over 100 terrorists were killed in action, official reports stated.
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