The brother of a Tableview contractor being held in Afghanistan says the man’s employer has been silent since his sibling’s detention.

Phillip Frank Young works for an American Company.

Young apparently shot dead an Afghan security guard after the man allegedly shot him first.

He has been in detention for over a month without charge.

Young’s brother Patrick said his sibling’s employer told them not to speak to the media because it could make matters worse.

However, he said he did not think it could get much worse because his brother was stuck in a foreign jail.

Young said in the first two weeks of his brother’s detention he was unable to shower and was not fed properly.

The family is anxious to receive a report from a British Consulate official in Kabul who has undertaken to visit Young on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, the International Relations and Cooperation Department said it was making inquiries about Young’s case.

(Edited by Danya Philander)