Experts tracking terrorism in the South Asian region and beyond have pinpointed the operational and technical offices of The Resistance Front (TRF), an affiliate of the Pakistan-based UN-designated terror group Jaish-e-Mohammad, in Karachi and Islamabad respectively through which Islamabad is directing terrorist actions in Jammu and Kashmir.

One key Pakistani terror handler Abu Hamza is running the TRF terror show from Street No. A 9076, Postal Code 75020, Karachi, Pakistan. All the terror commands to the terrorists operating on the ground in Jammu and Kashmir are being directed from this Karachi office, experts said.

The Pakistan Army-ISI combine has floated a company styled as Hoster PK Pvt Ltd. headquartered at 2 & 3, Plaza 117, Civic Centre, Phase IV, Bahria Town, Islamabad to manage the propaganda and technical issue of the TRF besides also housing the handlers of the terror outfit, they said.

The virtual space/domain on the social media is being outsourced from a US-based cloud service provider that also provides server services to the ISI as well as terror groups like LeT and JeM, according to the counter-terrorism experts.

The TRF has emerged as a key outfit spearheading terrorist violence in Jammu and Kashmir at the behest of Pakistan Army-ISI (Inter-Services Intelligence) combine and its terror cohorts like JeM and Lashkar-e-Tayabba (LeT), said security officials based in Srinagar.

“All the TRF terrorist operations in Jammu and Kashmir are being controlled from Karachi office. One main handler Abu Hamza is handling the terror operations in the Kashmir Valley. All technical issues concerning communication, propaganda and anti-India cyber warfare is being controlled from Islamabad,” Counter-terrorism expert Dr Rituraj Mate told The Pioneer.

Such a well-coordinated terror machinery could not run without the tactical and operational support from the Pakistan Army and the ISI, Dr Mate said, adding that the role of American cloud server service providers companies should face international scrutiny for hosting Internet-based services to the terrorist groups which are exploiting the virtual technology for both radicalization and recruitment as well psychological operations against legitimate governments in countries like India.

Counter-terror analyst Dr Arvind Sahu said, “The TRF has emerged as a key outfit through the Pakistani deep state has let loose terror in Jammu and Kashmir to continually hit Indian security interests through so called low cost and low intensity conflicts.”

The TRF is engaged in both radicalization and recruitment besides carrying out direct terrorist action on the ground in the Valley, he added.