Jaish affiliate PAFF declared terrorist group

“The PAFF regularly issues threats to Indian security forces, political leaders, and civilians working in Jammu and Kashmir from other states. The PAFF along with other organisations is involved in conspiring pro-actively physically and on social media to undertake violent terrorist acts in J&K and other major cities in India,” the notification said.

“The PAFF along with other organisations is indulging in radicalization of impressionable youth for the purpose of recruitment and training in handling guns, ammunition and explosives,” the notification stated.

Lashkar-e-Taiba operative Arbaz Ahmad Mir, who hails from J&K but is based in Pakistan at present, was designated as ‘individual terrorist’ by the MHA on Friday. Officials said Mir was the main accused in the targeted killing of Rajni Bala, a schoolteacher, in Kulgam in May last year.

“He is involved in coordinating terrorism in the Kashmir Valley and supporting terrorists by transporting illegal arms or ammunition from across the border,” the notification stated.