Pakistan’s security apparatus shifted into full offensive mode over the weekend, raising the insurgent death toll to 177 as of Monday (February 2, 2026), the highest number of militant casualties in a single operational window since the Balochistan insurgency began. The counter-offensive was launched in direct response to “Operation Herof,” the BLA’s massive coordinated blitz that caught the country off guard and briefly demonstrated that separatist fighters could strike almost anywhere in the province simultaneously.