A high-level team of Indian diplomats has reached New York to engage with the United Nations Security Council’s sanctions monitoring team. Their mission is to push for the global terrorist designation of The Resistance Front (TRF), a Lashkar-e-Taiba proxy that claimed responsibility for the recent terror strike in Pahalgam.
The move is part of India’s broader strategy under Operation Sindoor, which combines precision military strikes with aggressive diplomatic action. India is actively countering the China-Pakistan alliance that has obstructed the TRF’s global terror tag. The diplomatic dossier is backed by strong evidence linking TRF to previous attacks and terrorist activity in the Kashmir region.
India’s military phase of Operation Sindoor saw coordinated airstrikes on nine terror training centers in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). These strikes, conducted between 1:05 AM and 1:25 AM on May 6 and 7, destroyed vital terror infrastructure. In retaliation, Pakistan launched a drone and missile attack aimed at Indian military and civilian assets. However, India’s advanced air defense systems thwarted the attack effectively.
India escalated further by targeting Pakistani airbases, severely damaging their defense systems. This shift from military to diplomatic channels illustrates a strategic blend of pressure to isolate state-sponsored terror networks on a global platform.
The backdrop to these actions was the April 22 attack in Pahalgam, where terrorists affiliated with TRF murdered 26 tourists—25 Indians and one Nepalese. Victims, mostly Hindus, were deliberately chosen, executed in front of their families, and survivors were instructed to deliver a chilling message to Indian leadership.
In response, Prime Minister Narendra Modi issued a stern warning in a public address, asserting that India would hunt down terrorists and those aiding them. Operation Sindoor was launched just days later, signaling India’s unyielding stand against terrorism both at home and on the world stage.
