Brit ‘danger tourist’ Lord Miles, 23, held captive by the Taliban for eight months says he plans to return to Afghanistan within weeks – as he praises country’s ‘solid’ judicial system
- Miles Routledge has said that he plans to ‘be back in Kabul in three weeks’
The British danger tourist who was held captive by the Taliban for eight months says he plans to return to Afghanistan within weeks and has praised the country’s ‘solid’ judicial system.
Miles Routledge, a 23-year-old YouTube star who calls himself ‘Lord Miles’, was one of four British prisoners to be released by the Taliban earlier this month and flown to Dubai.
Routledge, appearing on Andrew Tate’s podcast this week, has now revealed that after his ‘lovely holiday’ in Afghanistan, that he plans to ‘be back in Kabul in three weeks.’
He also applauded how the Taliban are maintaining ‘excellent’ order in the country, alleging that ‘everyone is in their place and acting well’.
Routledge, who previously said he was ‘living in the lap of luxury’ during his alleged imprisonment, also said he thought the Afghani judicial system was ‘fair’ and ‘not corrupt’.
Miles Routledge, aka ‘Lord Miles’, has praised the Talbian’s ‘fair’ and ‘not corrupt’ judicial system. He is seen smiling as he poses for a selfie with his Taliban ‘captors’
Routledge, appearing on Andrew Tate’s podcast this week, (pictured) has now revealed that after his ‘lovely holiday’ in Afghanistan, that he plans to ‘be back in Kabul in three weeks’
Routledge said he ‘rather enjoyed’ being kept in ‘Taliban prison’, which he alleged was a guest house, for eight months. He is pictured during his detention in Afghanistan
The thrill seeker told Tate how the Foreign Office officials asked him if he was ‘ok’ after they met him and the other prisoners in Dubai.
‘I go, “Yeah, lovely holiday lads, lovely to get away from it all. I’ll be back in Kabul in three weeks”,’ he recalled. ‘They had this horrified face, like “he’s not going to stop”.’
Routledge was evacuated from Afghanistan in August 2021 by the British armed forces as the Taliban retook the country, but later returned and was arrested by Taliban forces in March this year.
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He claims he was detained as he forgot to get a permit for a mountain area he had travelled to ‘where the gold was located’ but in the end the Taliban just thought he was ‘a goofy guy’.
The Foreign Office previously confirmed that Routledge was one of four Brits – including a UN aid worker – to be released by the Taliban after they were held for allegedly breaking the country’s laws.
Tate – who was recently indicted in Romania, but denies all allegations against him – probed the adventurer about the country’s judicial system, asking if it was ‘fair’.
‘Oh yeah it’s not corrupt,’ he replied. ‘Corruption in a Muslim country is very hard to find in Afghanistan. It’s true.’
He added: ‘Every time I tell someone “have a holiday in Afghanistan,” they laugh. But look at me. I enjoyed myself and I was treated fairly, no problem.’
He said he ‘rather enjoyed’ being kept in ‘Taliban prison’, which he alleged was a guest house, for eight months.
He was reportedly detained while investigators correlated evidence which was then presented to a judge who ultimately ruled that he was ‘not a spy’.
‘Everyone thinks I’m being beaten, I’m being tortured. They think, “oh I’m regretting my situation”,’ Routledge said of the experience, but added that he was treated well and often ‘smiling’.
The 23-year-old spent eight months in ‘prison’ having ‘picnics and dinners with higher ups’ and snickering with the Taliban while watching the latest Barbie movie
Routledge (pictured) reportedly lived in the lap of luxury while a prisoner of the Taliban
During the past few months in ‘prison’ Routledge is said to have been in talks with Taliban officials over a gold mine
Routledge previously claimed to have become ‘best mates’ with the Taliban’s top commanders, enjoying ‘picnics and dinners with higher ups’ and even ‘snickering’ with the regime’s extremists while watching the latest Barbie movie starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling.
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Sharing a selfie on X, he bragged the ‘lovely lads treated me as a guest’ and claimed to have had the ‘best adventure I’ve had yet’.
Posting a picture of himself smiling alongside the Taliban, Routledge said: ‘Really outdid myself. Why did some of you think I was dead?
‘Why did anyone worry in the slightest? No faith in me! I have pull. Literally was watching the new Barbie movie with the Taliban and saw some of your comments on their phones, all of us snickering. Hehe.’
He claims to have been granted immunity in Afghanistan meaning he won’t get stopped at checkpoints and ‘all business docs will be setup for me as a gift’ when he returns to the country.
‘Added bonus: it’s a weapons license,’ he gloated.
MailOnline has obtained the final picture he took before being held which shows the ‘danger tourist’ (left) giving the thumbs up while standing next to a member of the Taliban who is holding an automatic rifle
He shared footage of himself shooting an assault rifle given to him by a Taliban fighter. The video notched up more than a million views on his YouTube channel
Routledge is pictured with meeting a Taliban fighter for one of his YouTube videos
The former Loughborough University student from Birmingham posts videos of himself travelling to dangerous countries to his 79,000 subscribers to his YouTube page.
Routledge has previously ‘survived the most deadly island on the planet’ when he went to Snake Island in Brazil, which is populated with between 2,000 and 4,000 of the most venomous snakes in Latin America.
Other videos are titled ’48 hours homeless in New York City’ and ‘Illegally crossing the Mexican border’.
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