India intensifies move in UN to get terror tag for group behind Pahalgam attack
India has intensified its push to have 'The Resistance Front'—a Lashkar-e-Taiba proxy responsible for the Pahalgam Terror Attack—officially designated as a terrorist organization on the United Nations blacklist.
On Tuesday, an Indian delegation held meetings with senior officials from the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism and the UN Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate in New York.
This development follows the April 22 attack in Pahalgam, which claimed the lives of 26 civilians. In response, India launched Operation Sindoor, conducting airstrikes in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir. Pakistan retaliated with drone and missile attacks targeting western India, which were intercepted by India’s air defence systems. Subsequently, India carried out precision strikes on strategic military targets in Pakistan before both sides agreed to a ceasefire.
The Indian delegation met with UN Under-Secretary-General Vladimir Voronkov of the Office of Counter-Terrorism and Assistant Secretary-General Natalia Gherman of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate.
The UN officials expressed condolences for those killed in the terror attack.
"The discussions with the Indian delegation focused on ongoing collaboration with CTED and UNOCT within their respective mandates, particularly in support of implementing key Security Council counter-terrorism resolutions and the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy. Key areas of cooperation include UNOCT-led technical capacity-building initiatives supported by India- such as cybersecurity, countering terrorist travel, supporting victims of terrorism, and countering the financing of terrorism," a UN spokesperson said.
- With inputs from agencies
