US move against LeT proxy raises India’s hopes

INDIA has finally heaved a sigh of relief on the diplomatic front. The US has designated The Resistance Front (TRF), a proxy of the proscribed Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), as a global terrorist outfit, vindicating New Delhi’s tougher-than-ever stand on cross-border terrorism. In a brief but telling statement, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has noted that the TRF had claimed responsibility not only for the April 22 Pahalgam attack but also for several attacks against Indian security forces in recent years. Though Rubio has stopped short of naming or alluding to Pakistan, where the LeT is based, he has echoed President Trump’s “call for justice” in the Pahalgam case.