At least five suspected militants have been killed in a drone strike in north-west Pakistan, local officials say.
The US has stepped up drone attacks in the last month, apparently to disrupt an al-Qaeda plot to launch commando-style raids on European cities.
Five German nationals were killed in a drone strike earlier this week in an attack linked to the European threat.
EU officials have renewed warnings that the threat from al-Qaeda is real and ongoing.
"Public officials would not terrify the population without anything to back it up," said EU anti-terrorism co-ordinator Gilles de Kerchove, in comments reported by the AFP news agency.
"[The threat] is in the context of a general threat that has not diminished in recent times".
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