New Delhi, July 18 -- India has welcomed the decision of the United States Department of State to designate The Resistance Front (TRF) as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) and a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT). The move, led by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, has been acknowledged by the Indian government as a significant affirmation of the growing Indo-U.S. counter-terrorism cooperation.

The TRF, identified as a proxy of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT), has been responsible for several terrorist activities, most notably the April 22, 2025 attack on civilians in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, which the group publicly claimed twice.

In an official statement, India reiterated its longstanding call for globa...