A suicide attack on a security institution killed a civilian and at least nine Pakistani security personnel in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, local police confirmed on Friday.
Thirty-five other security personnel were wounded in the attack, police said about the incident, which occurred on Thursday night when an explosives-laden vehicle attempted to enter a scouts camp in Bajaur district bordering Afghanistan.
The gate and surrounding walls of the scouts camp were damaged.
The violence on Thursday in Bajaur follows a deadly car bomb and mortar attack in the past week that left 21 people dead in the same restive region bordering Afghanistan.
"In the attack, nine paramilitary officers and 10 militants were killed," a senior security official in Peshawar said, adding the attackers drove the explosives-loaded vehicle into the compound's gate.
The attackers fled after a prolonged exchange of fire with security personnel, at least 35 of whom were wounded in the assault, the official added.
Another senior government official in Bajaur confirmed the death toll.
Terror group Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, very active in the region, claimed responsibility for the attack.
Pakistan blames Afghanistan for harbouring terrorist hideouts, a claim Afghanistan denies.
The frosty relationship between the neighbouring countries has spiralled into deadly armed conflict in recent months.
