US House panel backs terror tag on TRF, slams NYT for 'downplaying' Pahalgam attack
Last week, the US designated The Resistance Front (TRF) as a designated Foreign Terrorist Organisation (FTO) and Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT).
'President (Donald) Trump calls it like it is. The Resistance Front is a foreign terrorist organisation and deserves the designation," the committee, chaired by Representative Brian Mast, said in a post on X Saturday.
"When you butcher civilians, you don't get a pass—you get Justice. It was a terrorist attack—simple and straightforward,' the committee said.
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