NEW DELHI, July 4 -- In June 2016, eight Central Reserve Police Force personnel were killed at Pampore in Jammu and Kashmir, their camp ambushed in an attack that left a mark on the force for years. One of those allegedly responsible for planning that operation, Hafiz Khalid Waleed, has now formally entered the Indian state's register of designated terrorists - not through a courtroom but through a government gazette notification under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.

India's Ministry of Home Affairs on Saturday designated 23 individuals as terrorists under UAPA's fourth schedule, adding 17 Pakistani nationals and 6 Indian nationals operating from Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir to a list that now totals 57 since the 2019...