Tourism In Taliban Controlled Afghanistan

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[@Britannica1]

KZbin borked out and ruined the premier, so have released. Sorry about the kafuffle, not in my power.

[@abrahamicreligionsbowbefor3585]

Ty

[@danielyoung_]

Live cut off at around 35:00

[@NZAnimeManga]

We're back in business now, boys!

[@miniondaechir]

KITKATS ARE BACK. And apparently tasteless.

[@madflavour8548]

Callum you been claiming you want to fight me for an extended period of time lets link up 😃

[@G6585-t2w]

Never thought I'd hear a British man say "There are Taliban on the roof to protect us from ISIS"

[@zingo7739]

heres the thing taliban is very very un imaginably bad but isis is like 5 times worse

[@chemicalconfusion6164]

@@zingo7739yeah damn wtf

[@WholeHolyHole]

@@frozzytango9927I’m pretty sure forcing all women and girls out of school and marrying girls off at puberty (and before) to men they don’t choose is a bad thing..

[@frozzytango9927]

@@WholeHolyHole Because a man have to control their household. Thats something you the men of the west have lost control of. Do you think it makes sense to fight a war while worrying about home. Thats the secret to the Afgan's success in defeating their enemies, meanwhile when was the last war you won? All the West does is create misery with half baked wars. Life goes, but nothing goes on when US kills them.

[@demiurgedddd9274]

​@@WholeHolyHole Muh wahmens rights

[@jbambrick1]

Two British lads holidaying in Taliban controlled Afghanistan with North Korean pop music in the background is EXACTLY what the internet was created for. Bravo gents.

[@kloseshot1154]

well said

[@tomacut1506]

Song name?

[@lewisisdaman]

@@tomacut1506 darude - sandstorm

[@tomacut1506]

@@lewisisdaman Thanks man!

[@lewisisdaman]

@@tomacut1506 no problem

[@guydreamr]

Finding the "Gender Sensitive Training" manual in Taliban trash has got to be one of the funniest vlog moments ever.

[@Nathdood]

fr!

[@uioyf7586]

Based

[@archibaldgaylord-focker8586]

Comedic gold!

[@lewisisdaman]

Reality feeding us with dark humor at the most unexpected moments lol

[@mortache]

Spreading democracy and equality is literally just the "White man's burden" all over again. Yeah the Taliban are barbaric, but you cant invade and enslave a nation and "civilize" them lol. Let them go through their dark ages by themselves like you have done

[@wahwah12wahwah12]

i dont even wanna know what the reddit perfume smells like

[@I_Stole_A_BTR-80]

You take off the cap and there's just a note under it that says "Forget to take a shower today. Repeat next day."

[@EmanueleGTino]

like lies

[@basil_gamin]

Exactly like britannica

[@ZenobianPrince]

Aw you know exactly what it smells like 😂

[@Propain4eva]

Neck beard sweat

[@Artemyst]

£50 for a room like that AND armed security on the roof sounds like an absolute bargain. Premier Inn needs to step up their game.

[@pinkboy1181]

😂😂

[@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606]

When Afghanistan is safer than Chicago or New York

[@JannyBesmircher]

@@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606 We all know why. Only reason Arabs have such a problem with westerners is because we keep destroying their countries on behalf of Israel.

[@Satiator123]

$50. Pounds are worth more.

[@FakeAssHandsomeMcGee_]

@@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606 Well they do want some international recognition and foreign direct investment into their country.

[@cousinzeke4888]

"It makes you feel safer because there's never Taliban too far away" is one of the wildest sentences I've ever heard.

[@markiobook8639]

They're just mad lads.

[@chris101ward]

The Taliban aren't the evil boogeyman the US would have you believe. They're literally just a different form of government, that isn't controlled by western influence.

[@Uaene]

Better than an American killer drone 30,000 feet above your eyesight ready to obliterate your entire village at any given moment, I guess?

[@daddyrabbit835]

​@mosaabtwice3999As an American I'm beginning to agree. At least our women's soccer time got what they deserved.

[@oivinf]

I wouldn't go as far as saying something outwardly positive about the Taliban, but at the same time there has scarcely been a more evil and chaotic force than ISIS in the last decade. Most insurgent/extremist militias might kidnap and ransom westerners, or otherwise exploit them for some tangible gain. ISIS would murder them just to send a message

[@nazirahmadadill207]

I am an Afghan When ever you need my help i am ready to help you out I am in Kandahar province I can speak five languages Pashto + Dari + Urdu + English+ Turkish Most welcome bro

[@MIKEJK84]

Lol, man I remember being at Fob Walton in khandahar, still remember a 5-hour firefight in that place.

[@robinmeade7573]

Just remember... Without Lies, Islam Dies!

[@knx7313]

@@robinmeade7573 dont cry lil bro

[@muhammadbangash483]

@@robinmeade7573 but it’s rising day by day, your troops came to End Islam in Afghanistan but what they did, gave them more power by leaving Billions of their arms. Remember one thing: “The much you resist Islam the more it rise”

[@robinmeade7573]

@@muhammadbangash483 "Leaving arms". Have you noticed the part that they left it, because Afghanis (or Muslims in general) are incapable of manufacturing advanced (or even basic) armament themselves? Somehow Allah gave that knowledge to Infidels!? How's that possible? And let's be honest if you didn't hide in caves or blend in with general population, there wouldn't be one of you left!

[@Jayshiver]

Getting sexually harassed by the Taliban sounds like one of those secret Xbox achievements that only 00.01% of people have gotten

[@desinfected]

Postal 2 achievement

[@audreyrewinded]

​@@desinfectedlol

[@unorthodoxpickle7014]

Yeha but Afghani women get that achievement all the times 😢

[@mrobocop1666]

@@unorthodoxpickle7014 how can it be that, if even a sex without marriage is punishable by law there? Up to death penalty(adultery). Not to mention rapes.

[@cashxx_x]

@@mrobocop1666 Taliban psyop spotted

[@seven-sixtwo762]

TSA: "no liquid containers allowed" Taliban Airport guards: "bro you know that bayonet also works as a wire cutter?"

[@RIFLQ]

ikr

[@Tangerine732]

There’s nothing to worry about if you’re the reason the TSA was founded in the first place. 😅

[@tobythethird5694]

@LIZZYinTHECUT typical westerner, who knows only what cnn have told him, muslims bad arabs bad and so on.

[@joshuafontenot3756]

@LIZZYinTHECUT Can you explain why they aren’t Im lowkey curious

[@satyavarma2449]

@@joshuafontenot3756 because the ones that did it are Al-Qaeda.

[@mikeoliveira4270]

A super chilling moment for me, is at 36:35 when you're at the british/commonwealth cemetery. On the left plaque, fourth from the bottom there's a Trooper Marc Diab. He's someone who went to my highschool, and died from an IED in Afghanistan. It's surreal to see...so thank you.

[@TacticalGamingNetwork]

There is a memorial park for him in Mississauga, Canada

[@mikeoliveira4270]

@@TacticalGamingNetwork Behind our Highschool, St. Joseph Secondary School, yeah.

[@Apolloneek]

Wait we buried our dead there ? In Afghanistan?? In modern day that should be wrong they could be brought back for proper burial.

[@TacticalGamingNetwork]

@@Apolloneek several have been brought back, perhaps not all / logistics / situation and all, not all would be killed the same way, condition wise etc

[@zminc.8496]

He was terroist then, going to Afghanistan and attack innocent childeren

[@quagmoe7879]

A literal *Turk* claiming the *Taliban* aren’t “Real Muslims” and then proceeding to admit to the sin of alcohol is absolute comedic gold.

[@Good100]

She sounds like the Muslim version of the stereotypical Millennial white woman.

[@totalrko]

Taliban are quite literally the exemplary Muslims. They are practitioning their faith to the T.

[@bill5974]

No true scotsman-tastic.

[@shaunsteele8244]

I met many Turkish "Muslims" in Istanbul who regularly drank, smoked and had extramarital sex

[@islamisthetruewaytogod6812]

Hello !. Excuse me for giving a little presentation of Islam, because it is very misunderstood nowadays, especially on those « Antichrist's » times, where media and politics are mixed to distort history and truth. And terrorists (puppets of the Antichrist) who misinterpret verses, out of ignorance and political motivations, and take them out of historical context (just like radical atheists do by the way), don't help either. Thank you very much for your time. Islam is an arabic word that means the Surrender to the One and Only God, our Creator, Protector, Provider, who gives us life and all that we have, we are safe and sound by his will and grace, we are His and to Him we return, and we have to thank him in this trial life by submitting to him by our free will, or later in the Day of judgment when it's too late to save our own skin. Islam was the original Religion descended to earth from heaven with Adam and Eve (peace and blessing be upon them) in the beginning of humanity. and was passed to people with the succession of the 124 000 prophets and 315 messengers of God to all nations and civilizations since, passing by Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Ismaël, Joseph, Moses, Aaron, Joshua, David, Solomon and Jesus (Peace and blessing be upon them) during the history of mankind, the last replaces and completes the previous, until the succession of the last messenger of God fourteen centuries ago, Muhammad (Peace and blessing be upon him) to complete the noble morals of all mankind, to bring humans and jinns out of darkness into light, and to purify people's religion and belief from corruption and polytheism, and return it to purity and true monotheism, like it was in the times of the prophets (Peace and blessing be upon them). Many Religions that we know nowadays, at their beginning were true and under Islam, initiated by one of the prophets of God, but their original teachings, history and scriptures have been corrupted over time with falsification and polytheism, or lost and replaced with false ones. That's why Islam is the only Religion accepted by God nowadays, which consists in bearing witness that there is no god besides Allah (God in Aramaic, the original language of Jesus and the Gospel), and that Muhammad is His servant and messenger, just like Jesus and Moses and others are His servants and messengers. Never a messenger of God said he was God or literally son of God, it was the people after him who changed the words of God and corrupted the Religion. God is unique and absolute, He does not need to have a family and sons or to associate anyone else with His kingdom, He can simply create whatever He wants, everything belongs to Him, and to Him everything will return. Allah said in Surah Al-Mu’minun : “God has never begotten a son, nor is there any god besides Him. Otherwise, each god would have taken away what it has created, and some of them would have gained supremacy over others. Glory be to God, far beyond what they describe. The Knower of the hidden and the manifest. He is exalted, far above what they associate. (91-92 / Translated by ITANI) Allah means the one and only God, the God of all prophets and creatures, the creator of the universe and mankind, and the Master of the Day of judgment, where our destiny, Hell or Paradise, is decided based on our faith and deeds in this trial life, and above all, Allah's mercy. Allah said in Surah Al-Ikhlas : In the name of God, the Gracious, the Merciful. Say, “He is God, the One. God, the Absolute. He begets not, nor was He begotten. And there is none comparable to Him.” (1-4 / Translated by ITANI) Allah said in Surah An-Nisa : O FOLLOWERS of the Gospel! Do not overstep the bounds [of truth] in your religious beliefs, and do not say of God anything but the truth. The Christ Jesus, son of Mary, was but God's Apostle - [the fulfilment of] His promise which He had conveyed unto Mary - and a soul created by Him. Believe, then, in God and His apostles, and do not say, "[God is] a trinity". Desist [from this assertion] for your own good. God is but One God; utterly remote is He, in His glory, from having a son: unto Him belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth; and none is as worthy of trust as God. Never did the Christ feel too proud to be God's servant, nor do the angels who are near unto Him. And those who feel too proud to serve Him and glory in their arrogance [should know that on Judgment Day] He will gather them all unto Himself: (171-172 / Translated by Muhammad Asad). Allah the Most Merciful said in Surah Ali-Imran : Behold, the only [true] religion in the sight of God is [man's] self-surrender unto Him; and those who were vouchsafed revelation aforetime took, out of mutual jealousy, to divergent views [on this point] only after knowledge [thereof] had come unto them. But as for him who denies the truth of God's messages - behold, God is swift in reckoning! Thus, [O Prophet,] if they argue with thee, say, "I have surrendered my whole being unto God, and [so have] all who follow me!" - and ask those who have been vouchsafed revelation aforetime, as well as all unlettered people, "Have you [too] surrendered yourselves unto Him?" And if they surrender themselves unto Him, they are on the right path; but if they turn away - behold, thy duty is no more than to deliver the message: for God sees all that is in [the hearts of] His creatures. Verily, as for those who deny the truth of God's messages, and slay the prophets against all right, and slay people who enjoin equity - announce unto them a grievous chastisement. It is they whose works shall come to nought both in this world and in the life to come; and they shall have none to succour them. (19-22 / Translated by Muhammad Asad) Salam (Peace).

[@GIBROCKGAMES]

It's quite chilling to see; Pte Robert Foster on the UK KIA list at 36:55. He served with me and we were in training together. one year later he died in Afghanistan. Thanks for showing this it's nice to see his name is still there.

[@CM-cw8fe]

How the hell did you catch that

[@Dafaq]

yea right

[@GIBROCKGAMES]

@@CM-cw8fe by looking at the list of names, I was looking to see if his name was there and it was.

[@stopstealingmyname5794]

SKILL ISSUE LLLLL

[@huntersedlacek7495]

@@CM-cw8feMaybe cause he fought in a war there , and wanted to see.🤔Idk though maybe he didn’t just pause it.

[@GodsOwnPrototype]

That feel when British Cemetary in Afghanistan is better kept than Cemetary in Britain around the corner from me.

[@zefflin1451]

Ah but see it's for people from the military, not us poor peasants.

[@CreamCobblerFiend]

No surprise, the US military foots the bill

[@AckzaTV]

Both places are run by Muslims now lol

[@AckzaTV]

@@CreamCobblerFiend the US military doesn't pay any bills... its us tax payers and users of the US dollar which is printed and inflated to pay their budgets

[@NKraven88]

Also the fear that someone could be hurt by a tombstone falling on them….. they knocked over all tombstones.

[@TwoPlusTwoEqualsFive32]

"I was sexually harassed by the Taliban" is not something I would have ever expected Callum to say.

[@SR-hu7qr]

Why are you surprise after all you hardly see women over there.

[@marieparker3822]

He wasn't really harassed. He was ogled.

[@andallthatcouldhavebeen...9175]

Look up bachi bazi. They wanted some boy time with Callum…

[@mt000mp]

@@andallthatcouldhavebeen...9175 how is complimenting a persons face is gay? it's just normal south asian hospitality.

[@nomnomzmcfluffyness492]

@@andallthatcouldhavebeen...9175 well thank you for that term. Gotta love men loving boys eh. no wonder the left is so pro islam, same values whaha

[@Nikolapoleon]

I think this video illustrates one of the most important principles of human history: No matter what happens, life goes on.

[@TechnoMinarchist]

Well, some lives go on.

[@jacobsmith5543]

Idk about you but I'm immortal

[@castorchua]

Nuke it.

[@CRD250]

Whatever is left :(

[@fatpen9731]

The ones who are alive yeah

[@14Cookiesinajar]

Hearing the "boneless chicken pizza" joke right after the Ohio Supreme Court declares companies aren't liable if you get injured by eating a bone in your boneless chicken products is depressing asdfadfa

[@stormz1243]

“Mostly news channels talking about America being a terrible place” Oh so you get American news channels

[@Cyber128]

Miles, the other guy in this video has been arrested by the Afghan secret police and hasn't been seen or heard of for months...

[@Clark510]

@@Cyber128 you are right

[@JokerInk-CustomBuilds]

@@Cyber128 Really?? (it is my first time on this channel, so I am not familliar with anything...) -I was thinking that they were seriously lucky that the security at their hotel didn't find them so suspicious that they would tell the taliban that spies had arrived.... From what you are saying it sounds like someone did... And if I was the Britannica dude I'd NEVER go back there after releasing this video where it shows he is not pro taliban.... That might be considered a betrayal and could cost him his life is he returns.... I wonder if this is what happened to Miles....

[@JokerInk-CustomBuilds]

@@Cyber128 Just did my research.... as far as I have found out the brittish government is trying to negotiate his release.... I wonder how many million pounds he ends up channeling into talibans pockets because of his war tourism.... ... ...

[@uzaidgurjee4798]

@@JokerInk-CustomBuildsthat mikes guy went back again with couple of his friends and he got captured. If your government tells u that they won’t do anything to help you if you’re in trouble you probably shouldn’t go to that country

[@charlesfortrsqueminor2120]

You guys have been incredibly fortunate. This is almost like an alternative tourist guide

[@alaljarensi6990]

Rule #1 always insult the locals, especially extremists with guns. Rule #2 openly carry expensive gear in public. Rule #3. don't tell support staff or family where you're going, when leaving the country, hotel or area. Rule #4 ignore the customs, and act like you own the place.

[@LordVader1094]

@@alaljarensi6990 The Sigma Tourist Guide

[@thewildcard600]

@@alaljarensi6990 the American way

[@casematecardinal]

@@thewildcard600 the chinease way. As far as I've seen, Americans tend to wear the cheapest crap when in other countries. Myself included

[@notaname1750]

@@casematecardinal Hey I am chinese and that is Extremely hurtful and accurate asf!

[@whisped8145]

This has more journalism in it than the entirety of CNN

[@9Joel9]

Loved the shout out to 'running on empty, foood review!' 😂

[@adamdodda3751]

Wow, a former student at my school, Jack Sadler, died on the 4th December 07 and we celebrate his memory every year on Remembrance Day. To see his name at 36:54 at the top of the 3rd board from the right hit really deep. Thank you for showing that section.

[@kwazhims3lf]

never forgotten

[@blackbeard7629]

Rest in sh*t for your terrorist friend. May he rot in hell!

[@emmakate2376]

got goosebumps reading this comment. He will never be forgotten 🤍

[@zuan56k59]

What was he

[@kwazhims3lf]

@@zuan56k59 looks like, reserve... artillery

[@williamenglish565]

Up until this moment... I honestly thought your journey to Afganistan was a frickin meme... Holy crap you went.

[@ottoweininger8156]

I know lol. The absolute mad lad!

[@PlayaSinNombre]

@@ottoweininger8156 times two!

[@drbalbon7332]

It's safer there than America.

[@onlyonewhyphy]

Same

[@areyoustupid.....]

@@drbalbon7332 safer than londonstan!

[@bartsimpson7037]

Well finally, a story on Afghanistan from a reliable source. Thank-you Callum...

[@giiysutsputs]

Everyone would report the same. It's a shit hole country with a bunch of terrorist running the place.

[@Hungrydawgsrunfaster]

Except the part about treating women like animals they don’t let you film that

[@snakeinthegrak8969]

Yeah... It's kind of like North Korea. They will let you show the world what they want it to see. Tim Kennedy has some footage of the fall of Kabul airport that might make you think differently.

[@Fza9]

@@Hungrydawgsrunfaster No one treats Women as Animals. Even if someone did, you people are stuck on the topic "What is a Woman". Next thing you and people like you will object is countries like UAE And Qatar don't use the Pronoun "She/They" for a Man and "He/They" for a Woman...

[@Bazzemboi]

@@Hungrydawgsrunfaster by st0n1ng r@p1st5?

[@BangBadaBig]

Seeing a parade celebrating the Taliban Regime underlined by a North Korean Lady singing a ballad is maybe the weirdest thing I’ve seen this year.

[@Akimbo411]

I’m still giggling to myself over the fact that I would need to go through Afghanistan if I want to get myself a PS5

[@jasonchiu272]

Hey man anything for that PS5

[@ZetaMoolah]

*Ya do what ya gotta do!*

[@easterner7518]

"I must coonsume....even if it means going to a literal s-hole."

[@hundkebab2433]

@@easterner7518 doesn't matter - don't ask questions - keep consooming

[@awakeandwatching953]

reminder that the taliban asked to see the evidence that Osama bin laden was responsible for 9.11 but that was to much for the US apparently.. of course Osama denied responsibility.. then a week later a very different looking Osama took responsibility lol

[@singrdave]

While working as a contractor at Bagram in 2011, my right leg was torn apart by razor wire being dragged by a motorcoach. Most painful event of my life. Torn to the bone, through the muscles tendons and an artery. Five days and two surgeries at a USAF hospital at BAF, then commercial evacuation to Dubai and on to the USA for four months of recovery and physical therapy. Most mundane war story of all time: bus accident.

[@HollerAtcherBoi]

Did you lose your leg?

[@n9ne]

@@HollerAtcherBoi "Five days and two surgeries" don't think so.

[@singrdave]

@@n9ne you are correct, but I have a helluva scar and the tendon which links my big toe with my knee is still surrounded by scar tissue

[@singrdave]

@@HollerAtcherBoi no thank heavens, the bone didn't break

[@singrdave]

@The Wandering M ah MEPS... their motto, "yeah we'll take you"

[@AlDEN1999]

On 36:51 You captured my uncles name on that wall, I'll never forget him. I was 13 when he died in Afghanistan, he was a person who I saw as a father figure and looked up to my whole life although we didn't get to see him too much with the army moving some of the Yorkshire Regiment Battalions to Warminster

[@rahuldahoob4513]

What are your feelings on seeing this video? My emotions are mixed

[@AlDEN1999]

@@rahuldahoob4513 Well at the end of the day, I did like how they left the wall and recognised that our troops did not want to be there and that it was the politicians at fault. At the end of the day the guy is correct, Afghan is a western money pit. We should have left them to it, in fact when I was a child I asked an extended family member (he was in the REME) where Bin Laden was?, he did not hesitate to say Pakistan.

[@nal5350]

​@@AlDEN1999 "I did like how they left the wall and recognised that our troops did not want to be there and that it was the politicians at fault." This is the case worldwide. While I understand why the Taliban blamed "Americans" for the war in Afghanistan, it's not Americans that started or continued the war. It's the people that we're not allowed to name and talk about that invaded the entire West and China. Jesus had very clear words for them and they will go to hell for all eternity.

[@zk2399]

They pitted our nations against one another, and like cattle we slaughtered each other while they profited and gained more power than any of us could comprehend

[@AlDEN1999]

@@zk2399 100% It was all for the US Industrial Complex. This is why we go to war.

[@AdrianNelson1507]

Sensible and respectful journalism, thank you

[@RAVEN_SPRING_]

I love that there’s still restaurants and other establishments with people that just want to make delicious food for others. Such an honest living. And the game store owner excited over explaining his experiences there.

[@joebenson528]

The Taliban are not good people but they are not mindless terrorists like ISIS either. In their minds they were defending their country against foreign NATO invaders, which no one can argue is the truth. With the back in power it's not surprising that they are maintaining what was leftover by the western invaders (including me 2 deployments Us Marines). Ironically the security is tighter than what NATO provided. We couldn't even secure Kabul, since the pull out attacks on the city are down 70%. ISIS-K are the true terrorists we should have been fighting. Sad thing is the CIA created them to keep the Taliban disorganized during what was planned to be a hard rebuild for them. We sanctioned them so badly that they cannot even get food in to feed children (after we burned the poppy fields adjacent to farmland).

[@RAVEN_SPRING_]

@GsaUce Rug god fucking damnit

[@someone_7233]

Yeah like they are not normal people who have resturants and businesses?????

[@mrmawster9786]

@GsaUce Rug WHYYY

[@nicholaspreston9586]

Why are you people salivating over gaming systems? You do know that the Taliban exterminate gays and cover up women's faces, according to Sharia Law, right?

[@ImPizzazz]

it's a very conflicting feeling watching these guys in their trucks armored up and with AKs but giving you smiles and waves like you're at a Disney parade lol

[@Delta-6501]

Indeed, its conflicting

[@MuhamadAlly1]

Mainstream media lied to us. Created an enemy out of thin air.

[@Prepper319]

Indeed it is .

[@00fgytduydrtu]

We have millitary parades here in Hellas, so its not too weird to me. Heck, the parades here are more seious than there

[@chrisquintana3877]

I didn't see a single Ak , only colt m4's and M16's . All paid for by American taxpayers

[@Zaque-TV]

Your wrap-up of this video is the most important part. The amount of corruption. The system does not really value human life or democracy or society.

[@toeachitsown2050]

My biggest issue with Islam and the Middle East. But let's blame Israel

[@notreal5513]

Democracy is fake

[@slowlearner46]

​@@toeachitsown2050They are both to blame

[@subq2484]

We don’t care about democracy

[@LordVader1094]

​@@toeachitsown2050It's both

[@BarryB.Benson]

For those confused about the man saying Trump dropped an atomic bomb on Afghanistan, I think he was referring to the MOAB dropped in 2017 which was not nuclear.

[@funguy398]

I thought its a metaphor for a large amount of troops deployed at the Trump administration

[@ohioisastate8574]

Trump did nuke Afghanistan. The media just covered it up. Every country outside of the west knows this

[@fefferryerr1818]

@@funguy398 I think you need to look at the big picture. Escalation was mainly from 2001 to 2010 then efforts were made to reduce the troops. Yes, Trump sent about 4000 in 2017, but later he decided to withdraw the troops. Not very many compared to the 100,000 in 2010. Also, consider Biden did the same at the start of his administration, increasing our presence by the same number of troops as Trump. The number of American troops: 2001: 2,500 2002: 9,700 2003: 13,100 2004: 20,300 2006: 20,000 2007: 25,000 2009: 50,000 2010: 100,000 2012: 77,000 2013: 46,000 2014: 34,000 reduced to 16,100 2015: 9,800 2017: 14,000 2018: 15,000 2019: 13,000 2020: 8,600 2021: 650, then up to 5,000 2022: withdrawal

[@geetygibson9954]

It’s mistranslation in the subtitles He said Trump wanted to use Atom Bomb but the international community might have stopped him

[@bakerboat4572]

That part was honestly hilarious to watch; the fact they thought a powerful bomb was actually nuclear.

[@bloodletterable]

That graveyard is 3000 miles from England and is better kept than 90% of the ones back here.

[@snowflakemelter1172]

You made that up though.

[@SpicyTake]

Of of the tenets of Islam is to respect the traditions of Christians and Jews

[@SpicyTake]

one of*

[@CreamCobblerFiend]

​@@SpicyTake History demonstrates otherwise

[@SpicyTake]

@@CreamCobblerFiend Grow up chud. We are talking about this graveyard

[@vedritmathias9193]

The "Gender sensitivity" book gave me a good laugh. Like the Taliban are gonna bother with that.

[@downbytheriver501]

It was a good way for the corrupt elite to hide $784,000,000 dollars tho.

[@yewtewbstew547]

Their idea of "gender sensitivity" is abstaining from marital rape on Sundays lol.

[@فهميكتاني]

@Normal KZbin channel carry on In majority of Islamic world we don't use toilet paper but use water lol.

[@Gloverfield]

Honestly usa should stop bothering with that too, its making them weaker LMAO

[@oualidbdf]

@@فهميكتاني Both brother

[@Lol_Pig]

Miles clearly put all his attribute points in Luck and Charisma

[@thesmalllebowski6528]

"Afghanistan is the graveyard of empires" Damn. That is a thought provoking statement. Say what you want about these guys, history shows they're not easily broken.

[@TransoceanicOutreach]

If only they embraced a couple of those empires, they would be much better off. Even the soviets would be better than the Taliban.

[@ExtremeSquared]

It's also a commentary on the power of a unifying religion. It may be why we see technically-not-religion cultural and political movements structuring themselves more and more like cults/religions as time goes on.

[@mr.b111]

Well that one old commander there was talkin prertty big trash, claiming trump would've used a nuclear bomb against them. Few fatmans ans they'd be broken instantly.

[@watema3381]

The comments above me are nonsense. It mostly has to do with unfortunate (or depending on how you look at it, fortunate) geography.

[@keinlieb3818]

@@ExtremeSquared politics and religion has always been ran like cults. I love when people say "such and such religion is a cult". Sorry to break it to everyone, but every religion is a cult.

[@1970swimmer]

I was in Afghanistan on tour in 2007. The people are very kind, and sadly depending on where you go, some had no idea why we and others were there, while others hated us (I don’t blame them, we were on there land) this video was well done, and it’s the closest I’ll ever get to being back there.

[@keyboardmouse7699]

I saw a video on KZbin a while ago where U.S soldiers interviewed Afghan villagers. They were shown pictures of the burning towers and asked if they knew what it was. None of them knew and some guessed it might've been Kabul. When the villagers were asked if they knew what country the U.S. soldiers were from, they replied Soviet.

[@SteveN-ws4vu]

I was there in 2012. Even in the birth place of the taliban you find very kind and welcoming locals. They want their children to be educated. Something the taliban fears.

[@jagoman85]

It wasn't a "tour", it was an invasion.

[@jagoman85]

@@SteveN-ws4vu What do you mean "even". And of course the Taliban want the children of Afghanistan to be educated. Seriously I don't understand where you get such perspectives, except through western propoganda.

[@drewinsur7321]

@@keyboardmouse7699 i saw that video too mane, its insane how information has this 'fog of war' to a extreme with those who are too old or too far away from technology. In that video only the young guys knew that it was new york, but some didnt even knew why that had something to do with the American presence in their territory. Heavily brainwashed just like us in the west do not the real geo-political reasons behind all that mess.

[@user-ns3vs3bp3e]

“Which does make you feel safer as there’s never Taliban too far away so there’s always someone to protect you” is a sentence I never thought I’d hear somebody say with a straight face

[@DillonMagreveous]

explain@@niklaskoch4931

[@psylocybanana7276]

​@@niklaskoch4931ahhh yes censorship. Just take down what you don't like to hear.

[@Clippidyclappidy]

⁠@@niklaskoch4931Taliban were good enough for the US to run security while they were fleeing the country. So, why not for a KZbinr visiting their country? Hitlerian rhetoric is also covered under free speech, which is why you have right wing morons having their white supremacist rallies all across the US and Europe.

[@Yummy_Grape]

​@@niklaskoch4931 first of all are you Muslim? Second of all do you not know how to take a joke

[@ViraL_FootprinT.ex.e]

I suppose it's like NYC, where seeing the NYPD makes tourists and whatnot feel safe and secure while it makes many of the locals here feel like they're being lorded over by an occupying force.

[@johnoneill2508]

Loved this, great work young man.

[@war.helmets9636]

That German WW1 helmet was extremely rare. The model is known aa the M18 ECO (Ear Cut Out) and was meant to improve the hearing of the helmets user. The Germans only made around 100,000 of these helmets which is why these helmets are extremely rare and sought after.

[@eco5312]

Cool :O

[@mrdrebin123]

Big chance it's a replica made, being stationed there myself picking up stuff from the local bazaar you could buy literally.. Anything.. Supposed wehrmacht helmets, Spartan armor, spartan helmets...Crusader helmets...Platecarriers.

[@demonstructie]

​@@mrdrebin123do they actually try to make convincing and accurate copies of stuff as well? I'm far from an expert but I could probably point out a typical Khyber Pass replica blindfolded and with my hands tied behind my back

[@candyman9635]

@@mrdrebin123 What do you mean by Spartan armour ? The armour worn by greek spartans ?

[@Joshua-Mark]

@@candyman9635 no hes talking about the masterchief

[@SimpleGunner]

"we accidentally joined a Taliban parade" something he probably never expected to say.

[@ondrez5114]

Hate when that happens

[@jordant.teeterson3100]

The least colorful parade of all time.

[@AugustasPalubinskas-v6x]

@@ondrez5114 Yea man it happened to me yesterday😔😔

[@studiomg3212]

He probably didnt expect to say alot of things in this vlog 🤣

[@wholesome193]

This is the type of video you'd expect from VICE back when they were actually good, I love it

[@wilson1799]

100%; Such a shame the road that VICE took

[@wholesome193]

@@wilson1799 I'll never forget their North Korea stuff they did back in the late 2000s. Those videos still hold up today. Can't believe how far VICE fell since then.

[@joeraymond6649]

R u out of your mind.. this was a boring pointless documentary.. he's is taliban controlled Afghan and he goes Thur thrash eats candy shows coffee mugs.. he had one part that was kinda interesting. When he interviewed the taliban.. other than that there was no intelligent insight or story ..

[@BenDover-qg3lj]

bro documented him playing bideo games LOL@@joeraymond6649

[@Krypto137]

@@joeraymond6649 There's value in showing the daily and mundane of a country, ESPECIALLY a country that's anything but mundane. We all know about the horrible things that happens in Afghanistan, it's literally common knowledge, showing another side of it, a normal side (as normal as it is possible under the circumstances) humanizes the Afghans much more than yet another sad UNICEF commercial.

[@Qulize]

Didn't expect that the Afghan to have fond memories of the Brits. The exact opposite of what they think of the Americans. That's interesting....

[@robw7676]

There's a video on KZbin somewhere of a US tank crew during the occupation of Iraq who "caught" some locals "stealing" pallets for firewood. They had a couple of pallets strapped to the roof of a well maintained old Japanese car. So... the Americans drove their tank over the car to punish them for "looting". The owner was a taxi driver, they took away his livelihood after plunging his country into chaos to the point where he was out scavenging wood. The rank and file of the American military are utter chuds with no empathy or compassion. The British have a tradition of a small but highly professional standing army. The British army pride themselves on professionalism and simply don't behave like that. Many Afghans and Iraqis have a much higher opinion of the Brits than the yanks accordingly. The great American WW2 General George Paton noted that the Germans regarded only the British & Commonwealth forces as their equal in combat. The Germans stated that the US Army was reluctant to sieze the initiative and preferred to sit back in dug in positions pounding away with artillery and armour and calling in air support rather than assaulting, advancing, or out-flanking the enemy. Paton put this squarely down to the quality of junior officers. The American elite avoid serving at all. The smart middle class people who end up serving largely avoid the frontline. Europe has a martial culture that places value on honour/bravery in frontline service. The Americans have elected multiple Vietnam draft dodgers (Clinton, Bush, Trump) as President. The hereditary monarchy of Britain has frontline combat vets in the last 3 generations (Philip WW2, Andrew Falklands, Harry Afghanistan)

[@AaA_10779]

​@@robw7676 Really? Do @ me if you find these videos. Seems interesting.

[@hal0justcal865]

Our troops and people always treat locals professionally and with respect

[@robw7676]

@AaA_10779 I cannot see my own comment for some reason, but I recall that I referred specifically to this incident: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h3SbdpmHotSEi9Esi=0T2kpCG_HNxNHPjE

[@Ascariedeus]

A common joke from around here: Reporter: So, why did you invade Iraq? President: 'cause they might have mass destruction weapons. Reporter: Why did you not invade Russia then? President: 'cause they actually have.

[@SergyMilitaryRankings]

It was north Korea not Russia

[@Tampafan33]

I’m sorry my government staged a terrorist attack to try to steal your oil. Hopefully we the American people can overthrow it. We still have our weapons so were trying

[@HEAVYDRAGON72]

At one point Saddam had the fourth largest army in the world. he was in the top five for the largest stockpile of chemical and biological weapons. Where did all the weapons go?

[@SergyMilitaryRankings]

@@HEAVYDRAGON72 biggest doesn't mean much, north Korea has one of the largest, doesn't mean much when the bulk of your air force is 2nd gen fighters and old IFVs, artillery, tanks and so on, which Saddam's was.

[@winytheknight6846]

he knew bro

[@Ocean-Jay]

As a US vet this is probably one of the most intriguing videos I've ever watched.

[@kitehigh7507]

who knows one day you could visit.

[@Taliban.The.Hyperpower]

so you repent now? i miss the part where Taliban is the txxrorist..

[@Ocean-Jay]

@@kitehigh7507 If I could it would be worth it for the local honey. Will have to work on appearing less American first.

[@Ocean-Jay]

@@Taliban.The.Hyperpower you just reply to the wrong comment?

[@Tom.A.]

Thank you for your service

[@ShadowAkatora]

Presumably Callum is now on some government watchlist.

[@homeworld1765]

MI6 is probably sitting outside the Lotus Eaters studio

[@孫慧娟-u9c]

If you follow Miles you'll know both of them were immediately put on a schengen no-fly list

[@raminybhatti5740]

@@homeworld1765 they've probably sneaked in a few employees onto the Lotus payroll. 😅

[@brandonbeedle5278]

He’s probably on a watchlist not for going to Afghanistan, but because of mean words.

[@josiahfugal5407]

Several, most likely

[@hugodesrosiers-plaisance3156]

Holy heck dudes I was NOT ready to laugh that much watching a video about Afghanistan. That was seriously insane. And also very well made and informative. Seriously outstanding work!

[@briannewman532]

I spent 5 years in Afghanistan as a US security contractor from 2015-2020, and this is absolutely fascinating to see. I spent the majority of my time in Jalalabad, but flew in and out of Kabul many times. A strange mix of emotions... I can honestly say I miss it. Thank you for sharing this.

[@briannewman532]

@DXRK-VALORANT no, I worked for a private company subcontracted under the department of defense

[@ha_ha-ha_ha]

Good, please never come back, we Muslims don’t want like you

[@serpentines6356]

@DXRK-VALORANT Many people went there who had nothing to do with the CIA. Had a roomie who was Afghani-American. Went over to work as a translator for the U.S. military. Lots of people went over there to set up all kinds of things in the major cities after the U.S., NATO went in. One American lady went back (her father had been stationed in Afghanistan during the sixties). because she had very fond memories growing up there, and started a scouting program, and school for girls, and boys. Afghanistan was quite a popular place to go during the hippie journeys to India.

[@nashsdnashsd5161]

@@ha_ha-ha_ha mate dont say that act like a proper muslim when talking for the entirety of Muslims

[@ha_ha-ha_ha]

@@nashsdnashsd5161 he worked with USA when it was occupying Afghanistan.. Had he been a normal person who is against what USA did then yes he is welcome

[@drew25music]

It's nice to see you're safe and enjoying your travels, President Zelenskyy.

[@averysim7709]

Lmao I spit out my drink

[@iretioluwafrancis]

😂

[@busterbeagle2167]

Lmao. Smh. Hahahahah

[@hungryasshit]

Thank Lord someone else thought the same.

[@zuu1701]

Pahahahahaha

[@cameronjames3499]

29:18 I dont know why but Im laughing uncontrollably that Americans gamers were going as far to contact a Kabul game store to have a chance of getting a PS5.

[@Shockguey]

My local GameStop was instructed to ONLY sell them in bundles. I have to buy either a Sportsball pack or Horizon Zero Dawn 2 pack.

[@totalrko]

@@Shockguey Sportsball pack sounds good. Horizon not so much

[@winstonsmithsoul]

Afghanistan has all the latest gear, PS5, howitzers, black hawk helicopters, usual stuff.

[@Br1cht]

Consoomers will Consoom...

[@umiluv]

Why anyone would still be into gaming on consoles is beyond me. PC and Switch is pretty much all you need. Plus, who has time to game? So much shit to do.

[@dawuid1491]

3:43 that's not propaganda, that's a post of "Welcome to Chinatown" which was literally written in English, with some advertisments for some Chinese companies that's doing transportation and constructution located there. There's also project management and hotel chain on it

[@adambrande]

There's a video about that. I think the Chinese hotel went bankrupt since ISIS kept blowing it up and another Chinese businessman also went bankrupt due to the lack of Chinese moving to afghan.

[@keithbradbury2051]

Callum’s anxiety levels must have been sky high by the look of that constant frown on his forehead. Respect, I would never dare risk a visit to Afghanistan for any reason. Even a recent trip to Birmingham had me on edge. A fantastic piece of journalism worthy of an award.

[@ElBach1y]

the average Brummie is scarier than Taliban

[@LordVader1094]

Afghanistan, Birmingham, what's the difference? :P

[@ArnoldsKtm]

My man should get sunglasses to remedy that. From the first clip outside you can see it's because of the sun.

[@stuartclarke3171]

@@LordVader1094 It's warmer in Afghanistan.

[@kevinmahaley4916]

@@ElBach1y I'm sure you've fought in many tours

[@Filipe8019]

Why can't worldwide professional TV channels make such good journalism as these boys? Well done!

[@GrahamWhatmough]

Because they're all state funded so have strong biases or are outright propaganda

[@manusa6]

They should host a series of travelling into the worlds most dangerous countries with the top gear formula

[@jamesanakin]

@@manusa6 so.....Top Gear?

[@dustywarren827]

Professional Tv Channel are propaganda channels

[@jus_sanguinis]

Btw first time since 1970s there is no war in Afghanistan.

[@WayStedYou]

TFW you get a more calm and reasonable response from Taliban than the Tolerant Leftists in your previous video.

[@bugsy742]

Good point mate!

[@InayahEleven]

Even Musliims are more tolerant than the leftiists

[@vorynrosethorn903]

They are considerably more moral actors. Low bars and all that.

[@ggggg3459]

@@vorynrosethorn903 dude there is nothing more fake than the western and modernist society, full of plastics and fake speeches.

[@julia_173]

Obviously, there was no reason for him to get mad or anything, he fought through a terrible war, he spoke the truth which he believed in, he had nothing to fear, he had nothing to hide and at the interview on the day they celebrated victory, perhaps he was quite proud as well that his heroic deed along with the independence of his nation would be acknowledged by the world outside, unlike the parasitic leftists rallying under a banner of deceit to propagate lies.

[@Comical-Intellect]

This is great, I watched the whole thing, great to get an honest insight into such place without political agenda or propaganda, just a bloke visiting a place. Thank you for all the work, actually doing it, putting it together and sharing to us all. Ive learned a lot. ❤

[@Nikolapoleon]

27:25 My jaw hit the floor when I saw this. I am... the world's biggest fan of "mountains of muskets," but where I live not even the museums have collections that impressive.

[@tylermorris84]

American Marine here, served in Helmand, AFG in 2009-2010. This was amazing man! I have the same outlook as the other soldiers/service members that you described, and I'm fascinated to see where Afghanistan has gone. Thanks for filling me in!

[@mujahid-9630]

Hey man 😆 I’ve lived in Helmand for 3 years. I’m from the east of afg but lived there when I was a child in 2006-09

[@tylermorris84]

@@mujahid-9630 Do you know the Castle ruins at Taghaz? big hill right next to the Helmand river with stone remains at the top? that's where we were.

[@bearzercher]

@@tylermorris84 the van boys are coming

[@NicholasOrlick]

Yeah I was sad for like a day and then I started to realize that western hubris clouded my reality. Absolutely no way we were just going to set up a western democracy for real. The Taliban taking over was essentially inevitable, it’s just happened a lot quicker than expected. And if I’m being honest, their views are more in line with the average afghan…

[@tylermorris84]

@@bearzercher Meaning the angry Taliban is going to come pick me up in their van to behead me elsewhere? That's not really how it went down in our area. I don't think they'd be bothered to fill up the tank on my behalf.

[@Slow_Biden]

Callum is absolutely based for doing this, glad he returned home safe.

[@burtlangoustine1]

Another word from the fking Urban Dictionary...'based' We have over 14,000 words and yet you go with that? Please dont help them rewrite English. Dont allow the sabotage.

[@Slow_Biden]

@@burtlangoustine1 Yeah, you clearly aren't based.

[@burtlangoustine1]

@@Slow_Biden I'm based in the UK. Sorry, are we speaking English yet?

[@Slow_Biden]

@@burtlangoustine1 Yes we're clearly speaking the same language, don't get your knickers in a twist. You need some tea and crumpets lad, you're getting so heated over a meme word that even Callum uses on the regular. You sound like a buzzkill at parties. 😂

[@TheCaptainSlappy]

I am surprised, since he is obviously there for propaganda reasons...but they probably rightfully considered him too stupid to be a real threat, and the comments section of this video proves that out.

[@CYCLONE4499]

As an American our biggest mistake was not helping Afghanistan recover from the soviet invasion and letting the vacuum be filled by people filled with hate and bitterness over decades of war. The US had a perfect opportunity to supply funds for reconstruction like schools and government.

[@casul-4891]

US can't even solve their own problems, why US need to deals with another country's problems?

[@Camouflage2770]

They did that but they got bombed because they were seen as an American monument. So they stopped .

[@colin4tor781]

We we could have left the hornets nest alone and saved ourselves the trouble.

[@DouglasdV-x9l]

It would be pretty much what it is now....

[@deus_vult_1099]

Give them more money lol

[@555pontifex]

This is better journalism than any of the mainstream media have come up with. God bless you.

[@MisterHeroman]

Or late night talk shows. Or youtube podcasts. Or twitch streamers. How all of these managed to be dumber than fucking fox News blows my mind.

[@3sc4p1sm]

"Overthrew the republic" - he meant to say, biden gave them all the equiptment and left, not sure if thats journalism or nonsense.

[@shaunpaulwallace]

Seconded 👍🏻

[@TechnoMinarchist]

@@3sc4p1sm Which was followed by a quick but decisive conflict. Ergo, overthrew.

[@johnwayne7673]

my journelasm is much way better

[@blahdedah1334]

Callum... this video ended, and all of a sudden, I was back at my house. This was one of the most intriguing... AND MOST IMMERSIVE... journalistic records I've ever experienced in my ENTIRE 39 years. Thank you. From the bottom of my fucking heart... thank you. This video was absolutely amazing. You delivered EVERY SINGLE BIT of a journalist's job. No stone left unturned. You actually brought TO ME a world, half a world away. You have a fucking gift, dude... and so far, it's changed the lives of myself and the 3 people who watched this with me. Keep going.

[@rexmoore1423]

Jeez dude you’re riding his Shmeckel hard in this one

[@siwc]

Agreed. Continue with this MO of reportage.

[@danielhann4439]

Reporting....... Ok...

[@moeezart835]

How did it change your life?

[@justthatgirl-ct4jo]

@@moeezart835 Yeah, that seems like a bit of an overstatement.

[@luc2527]

Fun fact about that WW1 German helmet you found, it's worth over *4000 pounds!* It's a very rare configuration that the Germans made late into WW1. I don't know for much it was being sold but I bet you could have made a profit haha

[@johnmoss4624]

that was my first thought. would have bought that in a heartbeat.

[@luc2527]

@@johnmoss4624 Even ignoring the value I would love to have such a rare piece in my collection for a cheap price.

[@jazzfeline5970]

Thank you helmet man

[@DarkWolff.]

Yeah. That indeed was a rare find and would've brought a pretty penny .

[@luc2527]

@@jazzfeline5970 No problem Monke Person ✌️

[@9gagerofl]

american military member here, that first beef stew MRE pull is legendary! should have eaten that one!! its one of the best MREs available! lol

[@gabrielc7861]

mres are just irl loot boxes

[@pawelx321]

I appreciate how you show even the tiniest details - not only the most important tourist traps but also taps in your hotel room.

[@honeybadger6330]

Failed to get the wire-taps and spycams and hidden microphones, tho.

[@Darkest_matter]

@@honeybadger6330 you think the taliban can afford those? afghanistan is broke.

[@TheTillmanSneakerReview]

@@Darkest_matter 😆 bro, that shit is easy to find on eBay...It's not that deep.

[@riding4beers889]

ever heard of opium? They rake in billions@@Darkest_matter

[@Millennial_Republic]

As an American citizen who served in Afghanistan in the US Army I agree with the veterans perspective you talked about at the end.

[@zminc.8496]

Veterans that came to kill innocent childeren deserve hellfire

[@Three_Dog_Gaming]

You've got guts going there and asking questions. I've sent this to several of my friends. I think more people need to see this.

[@grxy5924]

Yea bro, some of the jokes / questions they asked were pretty immature and just foolish in my opinion. Of course laughter is good but you never know when something might be interpreted wrongly or just comes off as being a dick. They are kinda lucky that they didn’t run into any ego-filled taliban commanders that don’t wanna put up with their shit.

[@packohub1145]

😂 this is agent of ILLUMINATI

[@jfoz7602]

Same

[@silverfang1158]

Nice way to keep them away from there

[@gleamsuun]

This video was fascinating the whole time. I wasn't aware that that Afghanistan didn't find the British as repulsive as they find the Americans and also how the Taliban were protecting even tourists. Overall, thanks for risking your life to make this video!

[@babyjiren9676]

thank you for doing something no sane person would, it was both enlightening, informative and oddly entertaining

[@xXRedTheDragonXx]

This and that older VICE documentary on North Korea are some of the most interesting pieces of journalism ever. Showing what actually happens on the ground through a "day-in-the-life" style seems to be something entirely overlooked by a lot of journalists, and I think the fact that you told everything day by day in a sort of vlog style is just amazing, because the story tells itself. You didn't go in with an idea of what story you wanted to tell, but yet it still turned out amazing. I think the big takeaway from this video like other's have said is just that life goes on. We see in the news about all these terrible things happening in other countries, so when something like this comes around and totally shakes up your world view, it's memorable. Great video.

[@juhokuusisto9339]

Those older Vice documentaries are the best.

[@sandercohen9712]

Meh still wasn't that amazed. It's Kabul, a heavily westernized city and they simply painted it over, with the Western infrastructure still largely intact. It would have been more interesting (and daring) if he, say, went down the countryisde or some of the poorer and war-torn areas of the country.

[@ayyget]

Best explanation, great job.

[@therealrobrub]

MVGA.

[@gazwit1603]

Vice come on man

[@MemestiffGaming]

It's kind of surreal to see all those names on the wall in the cemetery, because in many ways, it truly shows how many people were affected by the war in Afghanistan. It's mind blowing to see how many names were there, you don't realize sometimes how many people died in the conflict that was 1000's of miles away.

[@obvious-troll]

I recognise alot of the names there. At least it hasnt been destroyed.

[@ayyget]

@@obvious-troll who's it? Did you recognize any of your friend in that cemetery?

[@ayyget]

Best explanation, truly magnificent.

[@ostrowulf]

Canadian infantry vetern who did two tours in Afghanistan here. I do hope one day I hope it is safe enough there to visit, as I would like to see the country again, while not being a combatant. The coruption was impressive when I was there, I am still in contact with interputers who have some brutal tales of the coruption and there was also a police station I remember where they were Dari speakers posted in a Pashtun area, and then proceeded not to get paid for months. As they had no money and could not speak to the locals, they used their guns to rob them rather than starve. Your comments about food there I found matched my experience. There were a few times I got to eat local food, not at a resteraunt, but on occasions like when visiting some local workers our government were paying to build stuff. I found it quite good, and even back then the folks were quite poor, but I never saw a statving Afghan. I remember telling people that the locals often had very little, but they did have food. As for heat, our thermometer topped out at 60°C, so it was hotter than that one summer. It was brutal hot, especially in military clothes with armour and kit.

[@ostrowulf]

Oh, and a side note: Canadian bayonet has that exact same wire cutter set up.

[@Britannica1]

Always wondered, in such tempratures can you even really engage in meaningful combat? Would assume both sides are just going to be unable to do much until nightfall.

[@ostrowulf]

@@Britannica1 Well, yes and no. Ever heard that only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun? I used comment that Canadians should be included in that. Often they would not fight us durring the day, but their IEDs still worked just as well. Also, I say ussually. First firefight I was in was June around noon, so plenty hot and they put in a more dedicated resistance than the normal shoot and scoot tactics. I did joke around with some ANP guys about how much gear we wore, because it deffinately made it rough in the heat, and I had a few friends that needed aid due to heat injuries, but less than I honestly expected. Also fun that our LAV IIIs (armoured personnel carries we used) had a tendancy to have the A/C stop working. Hanging out in a large metal box in the sun is a great weight loss program.

[@Britannica1]

@@ostrowulf Honestly just impressed they had AC lmao. All Anglos are certainly Englishmen.

[@ostrowulf]

@@Britannica1 I mean, in my particular case, my dad was born in England, and I got citizenship via that. But we also have Quebecois etc. on patrols who may preffer not being called Englishmen.

[@sophialove-qe1ro]

Thanks for showing us the streets of Birmingham much appreciated x

[@simonh6371]

Was it Alum Rock or Aston?

[@skycloud4802]

Including the sewage on the streets.

[@infinitesimotel]

It is depressingly sad to see such a comment in any context.

[@toyotauris]

best comment

[@bldontmatter5319]

Reality is sad. Britain is now the middle east! ​@@infinitesimotel

[@MichaelDabish]

I'm an American about your age. I went to Baghdad in 2019 for tourism(spring break) with my father whos from Baghdad. I wanted to make a video with the same format as yours but didn't have the balls. Everything you experienced and described gave me vivid flashbacks from my experience. One major difference is I think Iraq is more liberal than Afghanistan which is an incredible thing to comprehend.

[@greenbrickbox3392]

Not that hard to comprehend since Iraq is significantly more developed and urbanized than Afghanistan is and Baathist Iraq was secular while Afghanistan's government was dominated by Mujahideen warlords then the Taliban prior to invasion.

[@greenbrickbox3392]

@Nuaym Umair don't know what else to call them after they did their civil war after the Soviets left and were so unpopular that the Taliban rose up twice to defeat them

[@samuraihookerslayer]

A little is an understatement

[@TheTeodorsoldierabvb]

It's not more liberal, it's just your disgusting country managed to colonize it.

[@Travel_Maven]

I visited Iraq 2021 as a tourist. I'm a black woman. It was amazing.

[@samdimov]

I was in Afghanistan with the U.S. Army in 2019 and went through the base where those riot shields were. Pretty surreal to see some familiar sights that have since changed a lot. Thanks for sharing.

[@wesleyclark2844]

Thank you for your service

[@Tylnorton]

Thanks for your service man.

[@knightofbakingroom2606]

Thanks for leaving afganistan, taliban fought hard and they earned it

[@m.moonsie]

@@wesleyclark2844 Why are you thanking him? WTF?? Imagine thanking the invaders. Talibans are the local people of Afghanistan -- I hope you know that.

[@bpop2148]

@@m.moonsie He was drafted and was just doing his role as a soldier, no need to put blame on him.

[@robw7676]

"We then realised we had joined the parade" Takbir! Takbir! Allahu Ackbar! When in Rome...

[@shadown5757]

“Discover Pakistan”……….”kaboom” that sign combination on the same line was hilarious 🤣🤣

[@sahirdamani1264]

That was hilarious lmao

[@juampisito]

I don't know if people from Pakistan have really dark humor or that it was not intentional xd

[@Paqcar]

@@juampisito Lmao, I’m 99% sure it was unintentional

[@abu-omaral-bakr392]

Pakistan is the most beautiful country on Earth

[@natsu7352]

@@abu-omaral-bakr392 kaboom! jk

[@JesusChrist2000BC]

Imagine being one the people who fought here for 20 years or lost friends and then just to see it go back to normal when you leave lol. The entire war was the biggest waste of time and life in history.

[@HiBye-ec8ts]

They were able to capture and kill so many high ranking terrorists who killed innocent people for the hell of it

[@powerbadpowerbad]

AGREED.20 plus years of WASTE,plus wounded military vets returning to civilian life are treated like an annoyance by the va system.I'm speaking from experience.

[@tailsprowerfan2729]

That can’t happen because Americans are banned if a American goes there they would behaed you then eat your dead crops than chant death to the American people kill them all even the baby’s and children That’s the way of Islam

[@northamerica5142]

True that. That would probably be soul crushing, knowing that the legacy of your friend or your military career was just a waste

[@larrydickman5936]

It wasn't a waste for everyone, more a case of winners and loosers. George Bush's approval rating and defence contractors' profits all went through the roof. Hence, they were the winners. Afghan civilians and coalition soldiers paid the ultimate price, the loosers. Life goes on.

[@rjc0234]

Afghanistan has an abundance of office chairs. I knew someone who was there 12 years ago. He asked another soldier to go to the local market to get some food, and something to make a makeshift paddling pool from. the guy came back with 2 office chairs because "they were free"

[@GreasyHorror]

that'll happen when you start murdering intellectuals

[@jonathanl8970]

they found the air force offices!

[@fuckingpippaman]

shit dog office chairs are freaking expensive

[@EternalVirgin]

Reasons why I brought two office chairs when I was told to get some food 1. We need to sit when eating 2. The chairs are right there

[@parkmallbaby]

@@jonathanl8970 Tactical office chairs!

[@devigardian2]

I went to Brussels last year and had my phone pickpocketed, I thought I went outta my depth going somewhere foreign. Then there's this guy...

[@kaditravels2483]

So generous of you guys to help that poor kid, you probably made his day.

[@Delfigamer1]

The Russian memorial at the cemetery, if I understand it correctly, is dedicated to veterans of the Soviet-Afghan War of 1979-89. The elliptical emblem on the myriad of the silver plates says "The Russian Union of Afghan Veterans". The plates themselves are supposedly each made by a different state of the Russian Federation. The white plate at 37:15 says: >> To the memory of the fallen, for the sake of the living! For Tatarstanians [Tatarstan Republic is a state within Russia], who faithfully fulfilled their international duty in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. The white plate below it says basically the same thing, but thanks the people of the Penza Oblast instead (another state of the Federation). At 37:20, the whiter of the silver plates (the one to the left of the yellow one) says: >> Sakhalin and Kurile - to their sons. To you, killed by bullets and shrapnel, blown by mines - our Eternal Memory. The yellow plate to the right says: >> To forget is to betray... Your memory will always remain in our hearts... The bottom left of this plate says "Afghanistan" in Russian (it's only an imitation of the arabic script). The greenish-yellow plate to the right says: >> To the memory of the fallen, for the sake of the living. >> [This is a poem] Loyalty, valor, bravery and honor, they are not just for show. The Fatherland's heroes are innumerable. The time has chosen you. >> For warriors-internationalists, who died while fulfilling their military duty, from grateful people of the Primorsky Krai. The normie shiny silver plates also have small phrases or little poems with the same idea. Also, all the plates look relatively new, and some of them even have trademarks of the modern Russian companies (why?), so I'm pretty sure they are made by the current Russian Federation, rather than by the late USSR. _ Also, regarding the Turkish girl's comments: if some KZbin historians are to be believed, the Islam in Turkey, as a social organization, is quite separated from Islam in arab-adjacent countries, with the main difference being that Turkish muslims tend to be less dogmatic and more willing to change and adapt the muslim law to the current post-Internet environment. So, that may may be the reason behind that girl's sayings.

[@brysonkuervers2570]

Very cool info!

[@leonc4653]

about the comment comment: it probably is the case given SEA countries and their islam

[@MrEsphoenix]

Ironic considering the Turkish are the ones who originally wiped out all the more flexible Muslims who allowed other religions to be practices within their lands and effectively mainstreamed Muslim extremism.

[@scottdore4890]

Great info thank you for sharing this with all of us everyone on that wall is a son or daughter who will be missed dearly no matter the country 🍀

[@Darkest_matter]

you can't change islamic laws.

[@maskedbadass6802]

Callum: *Calls very bland looking food "delicious"* Me: *Remembers he is British* "Yep, checks out*

[@erenjeager5290]

Talib standing right behind him: “You will enjoy the food. This is a command”

[@elora.2.x]

our food isn't bland but your humor is... 🥱

[@thedoopa3169]

Middle Eastern food is full of spices

[@bluephoenixguy1094]

@@elora.2.x Weeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaak Y'all put beans on toast and blood in pudding and call it *food* It ain't the blitz anymore. You don't have to eat like you've got planes flying overhead.

[@gunsharck]

@@bluephoenixguy1094 Its not literally pudding. Enjoy 9/11

[@wiecek13]

This feels more like a good Vice documentary than anything Vice has made in over a decade

[@torba23]

idk man, Hamiliton's Pharmacopeia is verry good

[@dubscheckum8246]

@@torba23 if you're a millennial with 10 brain cells left

[@PiousMoltar]

I did see a good one about the Russia / Ukraine situation, before the war. I was shocked, knowing what kind of absolute crap they often spew out these days.

[@graytoby1]

Back before vice went woke as shit

[@elessal]

like when tim pool used to work for them

[@RUDAKID83]

I learned more about the current events in Kabul, and I actually felt like I was experiencing being there with him, what a well documented trip that adds so much info and education in a place my countrymen bled for, for 20 years. Kudos on the well-done, timely documentary. Thank you, that was risky!

[@philipreid2542]

@MIND taken from another person's comment: "This and that older VICE documentary on North Korea are some of the most interesting pieces of journalism ever. Showing what actually happens on the ground through a "day-in-the-life" style seems to be something entirely overlooked by a lot of journalists, and I think the fact that you told everything day by day in a sort of vlog style is just amazing, because the story tells itself." Says it all, really.

[@itssharp4020]

They bled FOR? what a moron.

[@abrahamicreligionsbowbefor3585]

They can get a PS5 in Taliban?!? I can't even get one

[@ArgentWolf95]

Gamers more oppressed than the Taliban!

[@GastNdorf]

I guess it’s closer from China/Japan where they are produced…

[@chudchadanstud]

@@GastNdorf Yup. Sony has an easier time exporting to Afghanistan than to the UK. Must be Brexit's fault.

[@vitigaymer1053]

I want to head to Afghanistan to pick up a PS5...and a couple of M4's

[@yesmybagel2751]

@@vitigaymer1053 all of them sums a total of 15 bucks

[@nathanielreichert4638]

The shopping trip to the black market was hilarious. Glad to see you can get hello kitty shirts and firearms easily.

[@ShoRyuBarbie]

This is the weirdest honeymoon ever.

[@michaelsorensen7567]

Including Bernie's in Soviet Russia?

[@theeccentrictripper3863]

@@michaelsorensen7567 What was weird about that? You're a socialist, you just got married and you're not interested in death camps, vintage cars, or mass starvation, there's really only one place left.

[@FazeParticles]

@@michaelsorensen7567 this was far more based TBH.

[@scotmhead]

Wow, awesome to see the Kalashnikitty has made it to Kabul with modification. I was the originator of the first Kalashnikitty artwork in 2001 and it went viral. Sanriyo (sp?) sent me a cease and desist but it was already out there and went crazy. This is another feather in my cap, thanks for showing it!

[@G_FRE]

Woah, really? That's insane! I've been seeing it for years. So cool.

[@shavonne4831]

You’re a goddam hero lol

[@iamnoldo_p]

Bro. My brother P-Lo tramp stamped that on his pelvis I think before we went to Iraq in 08. 😢 He’s no longer with us but this made me happy bro. You made me remember something.

[@EmyN]

Really? Hahahaha

[@tacklefatkids]

Proof?

[@toxicity4818]

Excellent production. Not sure why YT recommended this to me, but the premise was irresistible, and I'm glad I watched. Thanks for your effort.

[@yetidodger6650]

You are kidding? it was utterly appalling, 80% of it was some smarmy little toff talking to camera.

[@toxicity4818]

@@yetidodger6650 pov: didn't ask

[@gavinlightfoot5521]

​@@yetidodger6650if you want to see crazy then go watch his friend miles journey.

[@RealBadGaming52]

I added ir my watch later to watch later on , here i am an hour later watching LOL

[@aleksandrkerenski4229]

Great music choice. Really underscores the surrealism. 👌

[@ChristopherLee-2024]

The two fallen soldiers that passed away in 2015 (36:44) died in an accidental helicopter crash at HQRS. I was deployed to Kabul and actually carried 3 people from the crash site to medical, and from medical, to the LZ to have them air lifted out. 5 people died from the result of that crash, including 2 American Airmen. Thank you for posting this video and allowing their memories to continue. Without videos like these no one would know these memorials exist.

[@H_Malik_RL]

A bit higher up on that plaque is Flight Lieutenant Chauhan who went to my school. Even now every year on armistice day he’s remembered with a lowering of the flag to half mast by the school cadet unit during the remembrance ceremony

[@FahadFSA]

then don't invade next time

[@TheDirtysouthfan]

I'm from Bulgaria and I like walking around and discovering monuments. In my home city of Varna, I was walking around when I came across a memorial that was in French. I was so confused at first, and it turned out to be a memorial to French Marines who died while stationed in Varna during the Crimean War (in route to the front against Russia, the French Marines stayed in Varna where many died from Cholera). This is interesting because it memorialized soldiers, fighting for our former overlords, against a country which we had traditionally positive feelings towards, as our liberation was one of their aspirations, something they achieved 25 years later, in order to keep us under their thumb. So, a very awkward monument to say the least. What made it really weird is that, unlike other monuments to fallen soldiers and countries, this one was in the middle of nowhere for the city. most of them are in a park called the Sea Gardens (Primorski Gradini, or Morskata Gradina as the locals call it) and you have memorials for Ukrainian soldiers during WWII and so on. It is the most popular part of the city and they bring in a lot of attention. This memorial for French Marines was in the North West part of the city in the middle of a suburb with expensive houses where people mostly drive anyway, it's just randomly there, so it's not like anyone is noticing it. I looked into it, and apparently it used to be in the southern suburb of Asparuhovo, a pretty popular part of the city, but was moved up to the less popular area in the northern part of the city. My guess is that they want to get rid of the monument due to its history, but they risk needlessly pissing off France who holds a lot of political and economic sway. Not that the French are aware of the monument, more that if it's discovered a monument to French soldiers was destroyed, then the French would pay attention and think that Bulgarians hated them. So to play it safe, they just hid the monument out of view. Again, just my hunch.

[@paulmilner8452]

@@FahadFSA stop invading the uk too by moving here we are the naughty west as you say, in that case dont live or work here

[@uncleangie9597]

@@FahadFSAYes the OP started the invasion…shameful

[@IvanVKlik]

Never has a single living person seriously uttered the phrase, "I want to smell like twitter"

[@scratchpad7954]

Yeah, if you consider the smell of fresh bird feces delicious.

[@grxy5924]

Honestly, i wouldn’t put it past us… the human race is very fucking odd.

[@Guillotines_For_Globalists]

I want to smell like TWAT.

[@-RXB-]

I'm guessing it smells like sweat, anger and frustration.

[@JimboJuice]

@@-RXB- and dog semen.

[@ShellCasings]

This is the most genuine travel video I've ever seen. No embellishments, nothing but reality. Kudos.

[@CrazyGaming-ig6qq]

It's more like a tourists view, not the actual state of the country. But the title does literally mention "tourism" so I dont know why people think this is some kind of reality representing Afghanistan and what goes on there now.

[@MrPeercraft]

@@CrazyGaming-ig6qq Yeah, i was about to complain as well. This is all nice and dandy, until you are one of the minorities being oppressed. Then the Taliban Convoy in front of your house is more like a death threat then a celebration. For my taste, they could have put the taliban a bit more into context, but i realize that they were there as tourists and didnt want to get in trouble.

[@Xaveriusajh]

​@@CrazyGaming-ig6qq why not try to visit there

[@CrazyGaming-ig6qq]

No thank you. But you go ahead if you like.

[@silverfang1158]

A tourist site review. Nothing new they always show things like this but ignore the problems at hand. Just like china

[@tselinsky6452]

Thank you for doing some REAL reporting!

[@scottfoster2639]

I remember bringing USAID clients to and from that place. They lived like royalty behind their protective barriers, building up their CVs and planning the next government gig while the rest of us lived with the locals. I fkng hated them and their 'good ideas' that went nowhere.

[@thehomiehandler2435]

Going to Afghanistan as a tourist... Huh. I've been to Afghanistan. I was deployed there for 9 months and spent most of that time in Jalalabad. I saw so much but all of it was under constant stress and by the time I left, I like everyone else was just sick of the place and never wanted to see it again. But you know, watching your video is kind of surreal. To think that both you and I experiened very different things in the exact same place. Really puts things into perspective. It would be nice to rethink some things.

[@meatiest1989]

I was born in Jalalabad haahha

[@ohioisastate8574]

Rethink zionest wars of aggression. Rethink the inside job

[@poonplugdoonbug]

Goes to show your point of view was skewed by evil us government officials that think there better than everyone

[@Gamer-zq5eb]

Difference was you were an invader, he was a guest. Afghans are very hospitable and friendly to people who don’t fight them.

[@meatiest1989]

@@Gamer-zq5eb true bro

[@BigBenn2014]

This video is what KZbin was made for. Outstanding.

[@AB-qt4dj]

Very true. We’d never see this on BBC, CNN or Fox. If YT didn’t exist, we’d never see this.

[@silverfang1158]

Not even YT show you everything. They also censored

[@MUSIC4TRUTH....]

I worked with an Afghan immigrant in the UK and he was very friendly, very funny and worked harder than anyone I've ever known.

[@notaqua]

Well done real new-age journalism, Cal. Real and raw but with a twist of that youtube meme culture. Very brave, good job.

[@CarrotConsumer]

A travel vlog is journalism now?

[@epiculo2]

@@CarrotConsumer Why not?