US labels the group accused of Pahalgam attack a ‘terrorist’ organisation

A member of India's security forces stands guard on the banks of Dal Lake, following a suspected militant attack in Srinagar on April 27 [Sharafat Ali/Reuters]

The United States has designated the group The Resistance Front (TRF) a “foreign terrorist organisation” following an attack in Indian-administered Kashmir that killed 26 people in April.

In a statement on Thursday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that TRF is an offshoot of the group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and has taken credit for the attack in the resort town of Pahalgam, as well as several assaults on Indian security forces.