{"id":130314,"date":"2026-07-29T18:03:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T13:03:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=130314"},"modified":"2026-07-29T18:03:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T13:03:37","slug":"cop-martyred-4-terrorists-killed-as-operation-continues-in-swats-matta-security-sources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/130314\/","title":{"rendered":"Cop martyred, 4 terrorists killed as operation continues in Swat&#8217;s Matta: security sources"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SWAT(National Times)-  A policeman has been martyred and four terrorists have been killed during an ongoing operation in Swat\u2019s Matta tehsil, police and security said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An initial statement issued by Swat police spokesperson Nasir Iqbal Karimi said Elite Force Constable Gulfam had embraced martyrdom while \u201cbravely fighting the terrorists\u201d on Tuesday night during the operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Later, security sources said four terrorists had also been killed in the operation, while the operation being carried out by the Pakistan Army, police and other security agencies was ongoing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sources said four other terrorists had taken refuge inside a house and were using its residents as human shields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They added that the terrorists belonged to&nbsp;<em>Fitna-al-Khawarij<\/em>&nbsp;\u2014 a term that the state uses for the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the sources, police had gained control of an important strategic location in Matta\u2019s Rashid Sar area during the operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the past several months, there have been reports of the presence of terrorists in Swat\u2019s Kabal and Matta tehsils, as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa continues to battle terrorism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A monthly security assessment&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.picss.net\/latest-reports\/from-quetta-to-tehran-security-escalation-and-strategic-realignments-in-pakistans-regional-environment\/\"><u>released<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;in early June by the Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/2004555\"><u>said<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;that after two consecutive months of improvement, Pakistan\u2019s security situation deteriorated sharply in May, driven primarily by escalating terrorist violence in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SWAT(National Times)- A policeman has been martyred and four terrorists have been killed during an ongoing operation in Swat\u2019s Matta tehsil, police and security said on Wednesday. An initial statement issued by Swat police spokesperson Nasir Iqbal Karimi said Elite Force Constable Gulfam had embraced martyrdom while \u201cbravely fighting the terrorists\u201d on Tuesday night during [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":130315,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest_news","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cop martyred, 4 terrorists killed as operation continues in Swat&#039;s Matta: security sources - Nation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/130314\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cop martyred, 4 terrorists killed as operation continues in Swat&#039;s Matta: security sources - Nation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"SWAT(National Times)- A policeman has been martyred and four terrorists have been killed during an ongoing operation in Swat\u2019s Matta tehsil, police and security said on Wednesday. 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