The EU's counter-terrorism czar has warned that Al-Qaeda network still poses the main security threat to Europe. It remains a very serious problem in this part of the world, EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator Gilles de Kerchove told reporters in Brussels, on the sidelines of talks between EU interior ministers. It's the main threat. We have to adopt multi-pronged measures. First, keep the pressure on Afghanistan ... and we need to work a lot on Pakistan, he said, expressing support for the US change in strategy.We should keep on the pressure, which has so far been successful, de Kerchove said.He said that US drone attacks on the Afghan-Pakistan border had killed probably a dozen of the top 20 Al-Qaeda fighters, but that a hard core of around 300 militants were still operational. He noted that Taliban leader Mullah Omar is distancing himself more than before from the Al-Qaeda core because his goal is to get power in Afghanistan, and the support of the Muslim world.
