Miles Routledge, 23, who goes by Lord Miles on YouTube, was arrested for withdrawing $1000 from a Western Union back in March and had not been heard from until this week
A Brit infamous for travelling to some of the world’s most-dangerous locations is alive and living a life of luxury after befriending his Taliban captors.
Miles Routledge, a 23-year-old from Birmingham, was feared dead after his social media accounts went silent when he was captured by Taliban warlords in Afghanistan in March. But Miles, also known as Lord Miles on YouTube, is safe, well and may be on the brink of a lucrative gold mine deal with Taliban “higher ups”, according to a “trusted friend” who speaks with him regularly. He has also attended a number of “picnics and dinners” with the Taliban bigwigs after his arrest.
On March 2, he was seized alongside two Polish nationals by the former militia that now controls Afghanistan. Since then, his social media accounts have been near silent, but it is now claimed that he has been communicating regularly with loved ones. Through Lord Miles’ Twitter account, the friend updated his followers, saying: “Miles is in a guesthouse and not an actual prison so he’s very comfortable.”
The friend, who did not reveal his identity, added that the “prison” is more like a hotel than a jail, where he has access to an Xbox, his own servant, and can even dial out for takeaways. If the “prisoner” fancies eggs for tea, his servants go out and “buy him eggs”. If he doesn’t like the dish they make, they get him pizza instead, the friend claimed.