The Resistance Front

The Resistance Front (TRF)
TRF logo
Founders	Muhammad Abbas Sheikh †[1] Sheikh Sajjad Gul[2]
Patron and Supreme Commander	Sheikh Sajjad Gul[2]
Current Chief Operational Commander	Basit Ahmed Dar †[3]
Spokesperson	Ahmed Khalid[4]
Dates of operation	2019–present
Split from	Hizbul Mujahideen
Motives	Resistance to Indian administration of Jammu and Kashmir[5][6][7][8]
Active regions	Jammu and Kashmir
Slogan	Resistance till Victory (Tagline)
Notable attacks	2020 Keran encounter,[9] 2020 Handwara encounter[10] , 2021 Attack on BJP councilors meet in Sopore,[11] 2022 sedow Shopian IED attack,[12]2023 Anantnag encounter[13][14]
Allies	People's Anti-Fascist Front Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front Al-Badr (United Liberation Front)[15][5]
Opponents	India
Battles and wars	Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
Designated as a terrorist group by	India
Colours	Red and Green
Website	kashmirfight.org

The Resistance Front or TRF is a separatist militant organisation actively engaged in insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir, and designated as a terrorist organisation in India.^[16] Indian government and other experts believe that the organisation was founded by and is an offshoot of Lashkar-e-Taiba, a Pakistan-based Jihadist terrorist group.^[17][18][19] The group is responsible for attacks on and killings of civilians, including those belonging to religious minority communities such as Kashmiri Hindus^{[20][21][22][19]} government employees,^[23] labourers and business owners, local politicians,^[22] and tourists,^[24] as well as for several attacks on Indian security forces^[18] including local policemen.^[25][19]

Formed using cadres of Jihadist groups Lashkar-e-Taiba and Hizbul Mujahideen^[20][19][26] in the aftermath of the 2019 abrogation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, TRF uses non-religious nomenclature and symbolism to project a secular image,^[17] but has carried out targeted killings of locals from religious minority communities.^[22][20][21] The group maintains a significant social media presence, some of which has been traced to Pakistan.^[27]