Miles Routledge, also known as Miles Arthur Le-Vesconte Routledge, or Lord Miles on social media, is an English right-wing YouTuber and war tourist. He is known for being evacuated during the 2021 Fall of Kabul after traveling Afghanistan to engage in danger tourism against the advice of the FCDO.

He is associated with thefar-right and has received criticism for espousing racist views on Twitter.

Early life

Routledge worked part-time as a hairdresser as a teenager. He studied physics at Loughborough University but dropped out before graduating.

2021 trip to Afghanistan

In March 2021, he began planning a trip to Afghanistan.

On 13 August 2021 Routledge arrived in Kabul from Turkey, with a return flight scheduled for 19 August. Due to the ongoing Taliban offensive the FCDO had advised against all travel to the whole country, and urged British nationals in Afghanistan to leave immediately. On 15 August he told The Times that he had "accepted death".

The Taliban claimed victory in Afghanistan on the 16 August. On the same day, a spokesman for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said that they were "aware of [Routledge's] case" and were "attempting to reach the individual to offer assistance". On 17 August Routledge was evacuated to Dubai.

In November 2021 Routledge signed a publishing contract with Antelope Hill Publishing to recount his experience during the fall of Afghanistan. His book Lord Miles In Afghanistan was released December 2022.

2023 imprisonment by the Taliban

Routledge departed for a third holiday to Afghanistan in late February 2023, and was apprehended by the Taliban's General Directorate of Intelligence on 2 March 2023. The GDI also apprehended a volunteer medic named Kevin Cornwell and an unidentified hotel manager, both British citizens. Routledge was released from Taliban custody in October 2023.

Racist comments

Routledge has made many racist comments on the social media platform Twitter targeting Indians beginning in August 2024, and has also joked about nuking India. After his AirPods were stolen and found in Pakistan, Routledge blamed Indians for stealing them, accusing them of being thieves and insulting them for being cow worshippers.

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