{"id":118680,"date":"2023-09-10T00:34:32","date_gmt":"2023-09-10T00:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/?p=118680"},"modified":"2023-09-10T00:34:32","modified_gmt":"2023-09-10T00:34:32","slug":"crazy-brit-hangs-out-with-taliban-top-brass-after-being-detained-by-fighters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/world-news\/crazy-brit-hangs-out-with-taliban-top-brass-after-being-detained-by-fighters\/","title":{"rendered":"Crazy Brit hangs out with Taliban top brass after being detained by fighters"},"content":{"rendered":"
A Scottish YouTuber exploring Afghanistan has had tea with the Taliban top brass, after the defacto leaders of the country detained him.<\/p>\n
Callum Mills, who goes by the name Callum Abroad on his YouTube channel, travels to far-flung destinations and vlogs his trips for his subscribers.<\/p>\n
The 29-year-old, from Coatbridge, has ventured to the likes of Jordan, Egypt and recently jetted off to the Syrian capital of Damascus on another adventure in early April.<\/p>\n
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He's now detained in Afghanistan, according to his X profile. The Scot wrote yesterday (September 6) on the site, saying: "From Coatbridge to Kabul Taliban wondering who the F I am and why I\u2019m here…"<\/p>\n
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He added: "Everything is fine so far." When asked by a follower if he was still detained, Mills responded that the commander who arrested him was "sound".<\/p>\n
He said: "The commander was sound. Gave me a Taliban flag. Anyone who\u2019s been to Afghan recently will know that each check point is different. Just your luck."<\/p>\n
He was soon on the road again, the Silk Road specifically. He said: "I stopped the motor on the Silk Road to ask for tea from what I believed were 'Nomads'\u2026 turns out it was the Mujahideen! <\/p>\n
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"They asked me to convert, I politely declined and then the man with the plastic foot swore me in. Oh and they also made me tea."<\/p>\n
He also addressed people calling him an "idiot" for going to the dangerous Middle Eastern country.<\/p>\n
He said: "To the people calling me an idiot for travelling to #Afghanistan<\/p>\n
"When I\u2019m on my deathbed, I\u2019ll not be wishing I bought a bigger house or fancy car or saved more money..<\/p>\n
"I\u2019ll be thinking of all the crazy places I\u2019ve been and the people I met..<\/p>\n
"Don\u2019t go in the ground in pristine condition.. Skid in sideways, battered and bruised with the soles hanging off your trainers shouting WHAT A RIDE!"<\/p>\n
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