Foreign Secretary Misri Submits TRF Evidence to U.S. and UN 1267 Sanctions Panel

After Pahalgam Massacre, India Submits TRF Dossier to US and UN, Secures Global Terror Tag.

Weeks after the targeted killing of 26 Hindus in Pahalgam’s Baisaran area on April 22, India handed over a detailed dossier on The Resistance Front (TRF) to both the Trump administration and the UN’s 1267 Sanctions Committee—leading to its designation as a global terrorist outfit by the US State Department.

India was formally informed about the designation four days before the public notification issued on Thursday.

The move reflects a deepening India-US alignment on counter-terrorism, and serves as a firm message to Pakistan: no diplomatic niceties, including Field Marshal Hafiz Asim Munir’s recent lunch with President Donald Trump, will shield Islamabad-backed terror proxies from global scrutiny.

Dossier Delivery and Fallout

Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri submitted the TRF dossier during his May 27–29 visit to Washington. Simultaneously, a copy was sent to the UN Sanctions Committee in New York.

The designation of TRF exposes it as a front for Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), created post-2019 to project Kashmir militancy as indigenous. The dossier provided exhaustive details of the group’s structure, funding, leadership, and attacks.

Who is Behind TRF?

TRF is led by Sheikh Sajjad Gul, alias Sajjad Ahmed Sheikh—an ISI-appointed Kashmiri handler currently based in Rawalpindi. Gul, 50, is no stranger to India’s security agencies. Once arrested with 5 kg RDX at Delhi’s Nizamuddin station in 2003, he served a decade-long sentence before fleeing to Pakistan in 2017. In 2022, India designated him a terrorist under UAPA.

Gul’s resume includes:

• A business degree from Bengaluru
• A technician’s course in Kerala
• Setting up a diagnostic lab in Srinagar—while aiding LeT operations

Multiple attacks between 2020 and 2024, including grenade strikes, ambushes, and the Pahalgam massacre

His brother, Parvez Ahmed Sheikh, a former Srinagar doctor, is linked to terror funding networks operating from the Gulf and Pakistan.

TRF’s Track Record of Violence

According to the dossier, TRF has carried out:

• Grenade attacks in Central Kashmir (2023)
• An ambush on J&K Police in Bijbehara (2023)
• Strikes in Gagangir, Z-Morh tunnel, and Ganderbal (2024)
• The April 2024 Pahalgam killings

The group has used these operations to build an illusion of “home-grown resistance,” while being entirely orchestrated by the ISI and LeT.

What Lies Ahead

While the US designation puts TRF under sanctions and restricts its global operations, India’s real battle continues—countering the narrative that militancy in Kashmir is local. For now, New Delhi is treating this development as a major diplomatic win, both on evidence-based advocacy and in exposing Pakistan’s covert terror strategy on global forums.