| The British government it was investigating reports that 18 Britons who fought with the Taliban in Afghanistan had sought asylum in Pakistan. News media reported that the men, believed to be mainly of South Asian origin, requested asylum after returning to Pakistan from Afghanistan because they feared arrest in Britain. Abu Ibrahim, a spokesman for the Afghan al Mujahedin group, told news media that the 18 had expressed fears they could be charged under Britain's tough new Terrorist Act. News media also said another 50 Britons who fought in Afghanistan had already returned to Britain. |