In a letter he wrote to his family 10 days after the September 11 attacks , Belmar described living under a regime of " bad food " and intense physical training . Belmar says he was in Kandahar , and tried to leave Afghanistan five times , once disguising himself in a burqa . He says he walked across the mountains , reaching Pakistan in December 2001 . He returned to Karachi , and says he did not contact the British Consulate as he thought that anyone who had been in Afghanistan was at risk of arrest
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Richard Belmar