A powerful photo exhibition this week at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva shines a spotlight on the horrors of Pakistan-sponsored terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir. Organized by Kashmiri human rights defenders during the council’s 60th session, the display features shocking images of brutal attacks, including the recent Pahalgam massacre that left innocent lives shattered.
Tasleema Akhter, a leading activist and one of the event’s key organizers, made an emotional plea to the international community. She urged the UN Human Rights Council and the United Nations to take strong action, calling for a ban on Pakistan. “Even recently in 2025, they carried out an attack on unarmed people and tourists in Pahalgam,” Akhter said. “They brutally killed people one by one after asking them to recite the Kalma, checking who was Muslim and who was Hindu—and all of this happened in front of their women. What was the fault of that small child? One of his hands was in his father’s hand, and they made him an orphan. Doesn’t the world see this? The world must see what just happened, and what continues to happen, in Jammu and Kashmir. The entire world must unite against Pakistan-sponsored terrorism.”
The exhibition’s images sent a clear message echoing through Geneva: the global community can no longer ignore Pakistan-sponsored terrorism.
The spotlight fell on the April 22 attack in Pahalgam’s Baisaran Valley, where Pakistan-backed terrorists targeted tourists and killed 26 people, most of them non-Muslims. Witnesses described how attackers forced victims to recite Islamic verses to identify their religion before firing. The Resistance Front, a front for the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba, quickly claimed responsibility for the Jammu and Kashmir violence.
Years of evidence point to Pakistan’s deep involvement in supporting terrorism against India. The country’s military and its Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency have ties to training, funding, and sheltering groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed, and Hizbul Mujahideen. These outfits have launched devastating strikes on Indian targets, from the 2001 attack on India’s Parliament to the 2008 Mumbai terror assaults and the 2019 Pulwama bombing.
India and various international groups keep pushing for real steps to curb Pakistan’s role in cross-border terrorism. As the exhibition wraps up, activists hope it sparks the urgent global response that Jammu and Kashmir desperately needs.
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