Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it has it BBC confirms Lord Miles is alive and freed from captivity by Taliban in Afghanistan.
A YouTube ‘danger tourist who spent several months living with his ‘trusted friends’ the Taliban is among four British men who have been released in Afghanistan.
Miles Routledge, a 23-year-old YouTube star who calls himself ‘Lord Miles’, was one of four UK prisoners to be released by the Taliban on Tuesday after spending months ‘living in the lap of luxury’ during his time as their prisoner.
Charity medic Kevin Cornwell, 53, who was detained during a raid on a hotel in Kabul in January accused of spying was also released following months of pleas from his wife.
The identities of the two other men are not yet known. UK humanitarian non-profit group Presidium Network said they were ‘relieved’ at the news.
Routledge is not the world’s most sympathetic figure. He has been posting about his experiences on 4chan, YouTube, and Twitter for years. Going into a country, acting like an asshole, and getting harassed by the local authorities is his entire brand. He has published videos about being arrested in Kenya, sneaking across the EU border, and cosplaying as a homeless person by living on the streets of New York City for a whopping 48 hours.
Six months ago Routledge posted a video purporting to show him buying a gun in a market in Afghanistan and shooting it with members of the Taliban. In another video, he joined a Taliban parade on the anniversary of the Fall of Kabul.
At least a dozen foreigners or dual-nationals were believed to be in detention in Afghanistan, but authorities have not acknowledged any arrests.
The UK Foreign Office apologised to Afghanistan’s authorities for ‘any violations of the laws of the country.’
A statement from the department read: ‘We welcome and appreciate the release by the current administration of Afghanistan of four British nationals who were detained on allegations of breaking the laws of Afghanistan. Routledge was detained by officers of the Taliban’s General Directorate of Intelligence (GDI) on January 11. Along with Routledge, the GDI arrested volunteer medic Kevin Cornwell and another unidentified hotel manager. All three are U.K. citizens. “We are working hard to secure consular contact with British nationals detained in Afghanistan and we are supporting families,” a spokesperson for Britain’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) told Reuters.
