As pressure mounts, TRF denies involvement in Pahalgam attack

The Resistance Front denies involvement in Pahalgam terror attack, blames cyber intrusion by Indian intelligence, amid global condemnation.

As the global condemnation mounts, the Lashkar-e-Taiba’s (LeT) front The Resistance Front (TRF) on Saturday (April 26, 2025) denied its involvement in the Pahalgam terror attack, which left 26 civilians dead, and termed the previous online claim as a breach. 

“We unequivocally deny any involvement in the Pahalgam incident. Any attribution of this act to TRF is false, hasty, and part of an orchestrated campaign to malign the Kashmiri resistance,” a TRF spokesman said, in a purported claim made on social media platforms. 

The police have neither refuted nor confirmed the veracity of TRF’s online statement.

On the previous post-attack claim that the group was behind the civilian killings in reaction to the issuance of domicile certificates to non-locals, TRF said, “Shortly after the attack in Pahalgam, a brief and unauthorized message was posted from one of our digital platforms. After an internal audit, we have reason to believe it was the result of a coordinated cyber intrusion, a familiar tactic in the Indian state’s digital warfare arsenal. We are conducting a full investigation to trace the breach, and early indicators suggest fingerprints of Indian cyber-intelligence operatives.”