Pakistani militants have used women bombers in the past but this is believed to be the first time a couple has launched an attack together.
The pair, armed with assault rifles and hand grenades, raided a police station and took a dozen policemen hostage for several hours in Kolachi, a town near the region of South Waziristan, a major al-Qaeda and Taliban sanctuary on the Afghan border.
The attack will be a further embarrassment for Pakistan's security establishment which has suffered one humiliation after another since Osama bin Laden was shot dead by US special forces last month.
The couple shot dead five policemen and blew themselves up after being attacked by commandos, killing seven more policemen who died of their wounds overnight, police said.
Ehsanullah Ehsan, a Pakistani Taliban spokesman, said the assault was carried out in retaliation for bin Laden's killing and government attacks against militants.
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