A suicide bomber has rammed his motorbike into a checkpoint near the Pakistani military's headquarters, killing 10 people including soldiers, police say.
The attack in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, just south of the capital Islamabad, killed at least seven soldiers, said police official Mian Maqbool.
More than 20 people, including children, were injured in the bombing, he said.
The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the blast and vowed more attacks on security forces.
"We did this and will continue our mission against the army," said Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan spokesman Shahidullah Shahid.
Islamist militants based in Pakistan's lawless tribal regions near the Afghan border have recently stepped up their campaign against security forces.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his cabinet were scheduled to hold a meeting on Monday to decide how to respond to the militant violence.
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