New Delhi: In winter of 2023, four soldiers were killed in action in Poonach, Jammu and Kashmir and an unknown organization called People’s Anti-Fascist Front (PAFF) claimed the responsibility of the attack. Months later, it claimed responsibility for another attack in Gulmarg, resulting in four deaths, including two soldiers, including two soldiers.
In the summer of 2020, a fierce gun shot in Keran, causing several casualties on both sides, and terrorists claimed to be from the resistance front (TRF).
Both organizations were not heard earlier, but their emergence failed to fool a lot. Indian agencies did not take long to find out that they were offshoots of Jiyash-e-Muhammad (Jem) and Lashkar-e-Taiba (Late) of notorious organizations, which tried to focus their jihadi orientation by slipping in the new sloses.
Strategic sleep of hands and rebranding of organizations – became late TRF and became Gem Puff – was indicated by the changed political landscape in Jammu and Kashmir after the cancellation of Article 370 in 2019.
Rebading has been a chronic practice with terrorist organizations, but this time the switch for non-Islamist naming was motivated to the curry side with influential human rights groups in the west, which have been enamored with claims of “Freedom Struggle”, “Self-reliance” and “Resistance” which include terrorist groups in abroad.
“With these appearances, groups like Late and Gem intensified their jihadi ideology and terrorist activities in Kashmir, exploited resistance rhetoric and extended the rights to carry forward their agenda and fuel violence, while their main backcar helped to save their Alibi from a home.”
In this case, additional inspiration came from explosions that Indian security forces squeezed their overground supporters late and provoked on the gem, and both needed to rally their cadre.
A senior intelligence official said, “By adopting the monicors, both groups aims to create confusion among the people to maintain their support on the ground. This strategy, he agreed, will allow their new Mujahidans to maintain a low profile and to help Pakistan to avoid restrictions and to continue their nefarious activities without doubt.” In addition, Rebranding enabled him to strengthen his image, potentially appealed to new recruitments and sympathizers, who were influenced by their previous notorious.
Rebranding was also an attempt to remove global restrictions and dodge the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), nominated as a terrorist organization. International pressure also inspired Pakistan to take action against terrorist groups, and resorted to the arrest of the house or imprisoning the terrorist leaders.
