New Delhi, July 27 -- In a marked departure from his earlier stance, Pakistan Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has endorsed the US decision to designate The Resistance Front (TRF) as a terrorist organisation, even as he distanced the outfit from its widely reported affiliation with Lashkar-e-Taiba.

Speaking at an event in Washington, Dar said Pakistan had "no objection" to the US move and would welcome any evidence establishing TRF's involvement in terror activities. He, however, rejected linking TRF to Lashkar-e-Taiba, the Pakistan-based group that New Delhi has long accused of backing TRF's operations in Jammu and Kashmir.

"It is a sovereign decision of the U.S. to designate TRF. We have no issue. And we welcome, if they have any evidence, th...