Pakistan, July 19 -- The Foreign Office (FO) on Friday reaffirmed Pakistan's stance against terrorism, saying that the country has "effectively and comprehensively dismantled" terrorist outfits.

The statement follows the US State Department's decision on Thursday to designate a little-known group called The Resistance Front (TRF) - responsible for the Pahalgam attack - as a foreign terrorist organisation (FTO) and specially designated global terrorist (SDGT) group.

The April 22 attack - which resulted in the deaths of 26 people - sparked a military confrontation between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan as New Delhi blamed it on Islamabad, which strongly denied the allegations while calling for a neutral investigation.

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