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\u201cTTK must be understood for what it is: not a grassroots movement, but a psy-ops tool in India\u2019s broader campaign to delegitimize Pakistan and suppress Kashmiri resistance\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cTTK must be understood for what it is: not a grassroots movement, but a psy-ops tool in India\u2019s broader campaign to delegitimize Pakistan and suppress Kashmiri resistance\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Guardian noted during earlier unrest in IIOJK, India has mastered the craft of information warfare\u2014sponsoring groups, shaping media narratives, and funding unrest abroad while draping itself in the garb of democracy\u201d<\/p>\n
Humayun Aziz Sandeela<\/strong><\/em> \u201cTTK must be understood for what it is: not a grassroots movement, but a psy-ops tool in India\u2019s broader campaign to delegitimize Pakistan and suppress Kashmiri resistance\u201d \u201cThe Guardian noted during earlier unrest in IIOJK, India has mastered the craft of information warfare\u2014sponsoring groups, shaping media narratives, and funding unrest abroad while draping itself in …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":176399,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-176398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kashmirinsight.com\/journal\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kashmirinsight.com\/journal\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kashmirinsight.com\/journal\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kashmirinsight.com\/journal\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kashmirinsight.com\/journal\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176398"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kashmirinsight.com\/journal\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176398\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kashmirinsight.com\/journal\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/176399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kashmirinsight.com\/journal\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kashmirinsight.com\/journal\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kashmirinsight.com\/journal\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nOn May 10, 2025, a new and suspiciously timed militant outfit\u2014Tehreek-i-Taliban Kashmir (TTK)\u2014announced its existence from Sopore in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). At first glance, TTK parades itself as a movement for “complete independence of Kashmir from both India and Pakistan,” appealing to youth through ideological and religious rhetoric. But peel back the layers, and it becomes clear that TTK is no indigenous resistance movement. It is a deceptive creation\u2014likely another proxy in India\u2019s long-standing strategy, orchestrated by its intelligence agency RAW, to destabilize Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) and undermine Pakistan\u2019s role in the Kashmiri freedom struggle.
\nJust as India has backed the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) to stoke unrest in Pakistan\u2019s Balochistan region, the emergence of TTK follows a disturbingly familiar pattern. This group, much like the BLA and Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), is being used to push disinformation, launch false flag operations, and discredit Pakistan\u2019s security institutions, while conveniently ignoring the grim reality of Indian state terrorism in IIOJK.
\nAccording to Al Jazeera, more than 1,500 Kashmiris were arrested following the April 2025 Pahalgam attack, as India intensified its military grip on the region. That same attack\u2014initially claimed by The Resistance Front (TRF) and later retracted\u2014sparked widespread suspicion about whether the entire event was orchestrated to justify repression and internationalize blame toward Pakistan. The New York Times and The Guardian have in the past exposed how India often uses such attacks to manipulate international opinion and drown out legitimate Kashmiri voices calling for freedom.
\nTTK\u2019s rhetoric is bizarrely misaligned with the Kashmiri cause. While Indian forces commit daily human rights violations in IIOJK, TTK chooses instead to accuse the Pakistani military of following \u201can Indian agenda,\u201d absurdly claiming collusion between Pakistan\u2019s ISI and India\u2019s RAW. This narrative not only insults the sacrifices made by Kashmiris over decades but dangerously distorts the ground reality\u2014one where Pakistan has consistently stood with the Kashmiri people, advocating for their right to self-determination at global forums including the UN.
\nWhat\u2019s more telling is TTK\u2019s near-total absence from the ground. The group\u2019s social media handle (@ttkashmir) is inactive, its leadership unverifiable, and its statements suspiciously aligned with anti-Pakistan narratives. Its invocation of Maqbool Bhat\u2019s name, a symbol of Kashmiri resistance, to justify its anti-Pakistan tirades is a crude attempt to co-opt historical legitimacy while promoting India\u2019s strategic objectives.
\nIndia\u2019s track record of such duplicity is long and well-documented. From the creation of Mukti Bahini in East Pakistan to its covert support of BLA and TTP, RAW has consistently employed proxies to weaken Pakistan from within. According to Reuters, on May 7, 2025, India even carried out missile strikes on a madrassa in Muzaffarabad, killing civilians, under the pretense of targeting \u201cterrorist infrastructure\u201d\u2014another desperate ploy to project aggression as self-defense.
\nThe broader goal behind the TTK fa\u00e7ade appears twofold. First, it seeks to damage Pakistan\u2019s international image by manufacturing dissent in Azad Kashmir and projecting it as evidence of instability. Second, it aims to fracture the Kashmiri liberation movement by confusing the youth with ideological misdirection, leveraging religion and the concept of \u201cneutrality\u201d to attack Pakistan while India continues its colonial chokehold over IIOJK.
\nTTK is a digital-age mirage\u2014a ghost group meant to divert attention from India’s atrocities and revive the false equivalence that both India and Pakistan are oppressors. But Kashmiris are not na\u00efve. They have long recognized who truly stands with their struggle and who benefits from their suppression.
\nThe emergence of TTK must be understood for what it is: not a grassroots movement, but a psy-ops tool in India\u2019s broader campaign to delegitimize Pakistan and suppress Kashmiri resistance. As The Guardian noted during earlier unrest in IIOJK, India has mastered the craft of information warfare\u2014sponsoring groups, shaping media narratives, and funding unrest abroad while draping itself in the garb of democracy.
\nKashmiris and Pakistanis must not allow this propaganda to divide them. TTK is not a voice of resistance\u2014it is a RAW-orchestrated whisper campaign designed to sow doubt, fear, and conflict where unity and purpose must prevail. Its silence on Indian aggression, its attacks on Pakistan\u2019s institutions, and its implausible claims are all red flags.
\nAs we move forward, it is essential to challenge these narratives with truth, facts, and unity. Pakistan\u2019s support for Kashmiris remains unwavering, even as India tries to undermine that bond through deception and digital warfare. Kashmir\u2019s destiny lies in freedom\u2014not in false dichotomies peddled by puppet entities like TTK.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"