LONDON (Agencies) Underlining his countrys determination to combat terrorism worldwide, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said on Sunday that funding for counter-terrorism projects in Pakistan is not being cut. The British Foreign Secretary said dividing the Taliban in Afghanistan is a very important part of their strategy. The money we are devoting to counter-terrorism in Pakistan is rising, not falling, Miliband told The Andrew Marr Show on BBC One. The money we are devoting to counter-terrorism globally is rising not falling, he said. But he admitted that the overall Foreign Office budget is under a lot of pressure because we buy 120 foreign currencies and were paid by the Treasury in pounds. The heart of the Al-Qaeda senior leadership remains on the Afghan/Pakistan border, Miliband said. Ahead of a key meet on Afghanistan and Yemen to be attended by the Indian External Affairs Minister S M Krishna in London, the British Foreign Secretary said the recent bid to blow up a US trans-Atlantic plane marked a new phase in Al-Qaedas terror campaign against the West. He said the fact that Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula should have tried to strike in Detroit marks a new phase in the campaign and thats why theres an important meeting on Yemen and Afghanistan this week. Miliband said the Detroit incident was the first time the group has attempted to strike in the West rather than within the Middle East and added that Yemen has been rising on our radar for the last 18 months to two years. He also said the attempted Detroit bombing highlights that there remained a very real danger from violent extremists who will stop at nothing after Britain raised its terrorism threat assessment level from substantial to severe Friday. Besides the Yemen meeting on Wednesday, Britain is hosting an international conference on Afghanistan on Thursday. Reacting to reports that Osama bin Laden had claimed responsibility for the attempted bombing of a transatlantic flight on Christmas Day, Miliband said people should reserve judgement until it was clear the claim of Al-Qaeda involvement was genuine. Miliband appeared to back this when asked about Karzais plan to offer money and jobs to tempt Taliban fighters to lay down arms and return to civilian life. I think its very important that we say very, very clearly that dividing the enemy is a very important part of our strategy, its the counterpart of a military strategy, its vital, he said. When people say to me should the Afghan government be talking to the Taliban, I have a very simple answer - yes, they should.