At least 10 Pakistani frontier police were killed in a terrorist attack on an outpost near the northwestern city of Dera Ismail Khan, the interior ministry said in a statement.
Thursday's attack, claimed by Islamist terrorist group Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, comes as Pakistan battles a resurgence of terrorist attacks in its rugged northwest, as well as a growing ethnic separatist insurgency in the south.
Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi strongly condemned the attack in Dera Ismail Khan, the ministry's statement said.