THE British High Commission in Pakistan is trying to find out what charges are to be brought or what arrangements have been made for the release from custody of Burnley Taliban fighter Anwar Khan.

Anwar, 25, who was featured in a documentry as part of BBC2's Correspondent series in a programme shown yesterday, was released from a jail in Afghanistan only to be arrested as he crossed the boarder into Pakistan.

He is now in another jail in Peshawar where he has been held for five weeks.

His family in Kent Street, Burnley, now fear he could be detained for a long time or even sent to Cuba with other Taliban fighters being detained by the Americans.

A spokeswoman for the Foreign Office said: "We can confim he is being held in Pakistan.

"They left Kabul for Pakistan on February 17 and he was arrested as he was crossing the border.

"We provided him with an emergency passport in Kabul on February 16.

"He has dual Pakistani and British nationality and in Pakistan he is treated as a Pakistan national."

"We have been able to offer him only limited consular assistance but we are in close contact with the Pakistan authorities.

"We have not heard anything official about his status. We are waiting to hear something official about charges or his release.

"He has been detained by the authorities in Peshawar."

The spokeswoman said: "We hope the Pakistan authorities will make a decision soon but we cannot interfere with another country's legal process.

"We are in close contact with the authorities and his family. It is a question of maintaining contact and of hoping for some word soon."

Anwar was sent back to Pakistan after becoming involved in drugs in Burnley.

He then became involved with the Taliban and was captured by the Northern Alliance more than two years ago.

At the beginning of the year his brother Ajmal flew out to Pakistan to contact him, which he did with the help of a BBC news reporter and film crew.

The brothers were seen on television news this week hugging each other as they met for the first time in nearly three years.