Balochistan Insurgency Leaves 58 Dead After Town Retaken
February 4, 2026
5:19 am
Pakistani security forces used drones and helicopters to regain control of a town in the southwestern province of Balochistan after a three day battle with separatist militants, police said on Wednesday, as the death toll from a weekend surge in violence climbed to fifty eight.
The fighting followed a wave of coordinated attacks launched on Saturday by the Baloch Liberation Army, or BLA, which authorities described as one of the largest militant operations the group has carried out in recent years.
Security officials said the attacks began before dawn on Saturday, with suicide bombings reported in the desert town of …
