• iconNews
  • videos
  • entertainment
  • Home
  • News
    • UK News
    • US News
    • Australia
    • Ireland
    • World News
    • Weird News
    • Viral News
    • Sport
    • Technology
    • Science
    • True Crime
    • Travel
  • Entertainment
    • Celebrity
    • TV & Film
    • Netflix
    • Music
    • Gaming
    • TikTok
  • LAD Originals
    • Say Maaate to a Mate
    • Daily Ladness
    • Lad Files
    • UOKM8?
    • FreeToBe
    • Extinct
    • Citizen Reef
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • UNILAD
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • Tyla
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
Snapchat
TikTok
YouTube

LAD Entertainment

YouTube

LAD Stories

Submit Your Content
YouTuber gets released by the Taliban after eight months in custody

Home> News> World News

Published 23:21 11 Oct 2023 GMT+1

YouTuber gets released by the Taliban after eight months in custody

British student Miles Routledge was arrested by the extremist group earlier this year and was presumed dead.

Charisa Bossinakis

Charisa Bossinakis

A YouTuber has been released from the Taliban after facing eight months in their custody.

British student and content creator Miles Routledge was arrested by the extremist group in March and was presumed dead by many.

But the 23-year-old has finally been allowed to leave by the Taliban’s General Directorate of Intelligence (GDI) in Afghanistan.

Miles, who describes himself as a dangerous tourist who often visits the most ‘extreme’ places on earth, bizarrely admitted he’s already ready to visit Kabul next month following his release.

“Eight months in Taliban Intelligence ‘custody’, best adventure I’ve had yet! All the previous tweets are true. Best mates with many top commanders after numerous picnics, lovely lads treated me as a guest! I will be returning to Kabul next month,” he penned on X.

Advert

In another post, Miles claimed that he even had access to a laptop and could watch movies during his custody.

“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 said.

Never did I think Barbie and the Taliban would be in the same sentence.

In follow-up tweets, the Brit said he would sell his story to news outlets for the right price to help fund his 'next adventure'.

Advert

“Money money money. UK Journalists, kindly DM me your offer for an exclusive. I have a lot of photos,” he wrote.

“Need to fund another adventure of course!”

The Foreign Office confirmed that Miles is one of four UK prisoners released by the Taliban earlier this week after 'living in the lap of luxury' as a prisoner.

The British armed forces evacuated him from Afghanistan in August 2021 as the Taliban took control of Kabul.

However, he later returned and was arrested by Taliban forces.

Advert

After his arrest, a friend took hold of his X account, and frequently posted updates.

“Miles is in a guesthouse and not an actual prison so he's very comfortable,” they wrote.

The friend added that the Taliban had been treating the student well.

“From what we've heard, he's having fun and the Taliban are very kind and fair. Lord Miles will have excellent, positive stories to tell upon returning home, stating, ‘I haven’t been this relaxed in years, lovely to get away from it all',” they wrote.

Featured Image Credit: Twitter/@real_lord_miles

Topics: World News, News, Crime

Charisa Bossinakis
Charisa Bossinakis

Charisa Bossinakis is an Associative Journalist at LADbible. Charisa has worked across various media platforms including, print, digital, radio and podcasting while maintaining the highest regard for quality work and integrity. She also covered everything from breaking news, to pop culture, entertainment and politics and is part of the editorial team for LADbible.

X

@CBossinakis

Advert

Advert

Advert

  • Britain's most notorious prisoner Charles Bronson could be released in months
  • Full timeline of events as dad who vanished into wilderness with kids is killed by police
  • Russia’s chilling 'doomsday radio station' explained as it sends first message in months
  • NASA set rescue mission date for astronauts who've been stranded in space for eight months

Choose your content:

13 mins ago
an hour ago
2 hours ago
  • BBC
    13 mins ago

    Trafficked woman explains exactly what she was asked to do at Dubai 'porta potty parties'

    The testimony appeared in a harrowing new BBC investigative documentary

    News
  • Instagram/lexiknzl
    an hour ago

    Nurse suspended for allegedly calling out doctor who 'cheered Charlie Kirk's death' speaks out

    Lexi Kuenzle has told of her 'anger and upset' following the alleged exchange with a medic

    News
  • X
    2 hours ago

    People call for ban of Women’s Rugby World Cup star after she ‘bites rival’s arm’ in shocking footage

    Axelle Berthoumieu has been accused of trying to take a chunk out of Aoife Wafer's arm during the quarter-finals

    News
  • Contributor/Getty Images
    2 hours ago

    NATO given stark warning as Putin ‘could strike London or Paris’ next escalating WW3 fears

    The UN rep says we are 'staring into the abyss' of a war

    News