Pakistani forces used drones and helicopters to wrest control of a southwestern town from separatist insurgents after a three-day battle, police said on Wednesday, as the number of civilians and security personnel killed in the violence rose to 58.
Saturday's wave of coordinated attacks by the Baloch Liberation Army brought Pakistan's largest province to a near standstill as insurgents set off explosives and exchanged fire with security forces in more than a dozen places.
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Security officials said they had killed 197 militants, including 41 killed on Friday in military operations that took place before the insurgents' attacks.
Fighters of the BLA, the region's strongest insurgent group,
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