A British man has defended his decision to visit for a 'lads holiday' and says that the Taliban are so keen on tourism, they were treated well. Kieran Brown is a full time travel blogger with a dream of visiting every country in the world - even the ones which most people steer well clear of. The 29-year-old has been to 98 countries so far and by the time he turns 30 he will have cracked 100, which he said will mark a huge milestone for him.
However, his most recent jaunt has a few people up in arms. Brown recently posted a video which has since gone viral, encouraging people to go on a “lads holiday” to Afghanistan, where he spent eight days travelling through the Taliban-controlled country with several friends. Following the Taliban takeover in 2021, locals - especially women and girls - have been under an increasingly restrictive regime at the hands of the terroristic government, but Kieren said those who have criticised him have “probably never left their hometowns”.
and floggings are enforced by the Taliban, music is forbidden and women and girls live under what Amnesty International describes as a “draconian regime”, where their education and freedom are heavily impinged upon. Kieran told the Star he has always been “intrigued by countries that Western media deem dangerous”. “Afghanistan was one of them.
Whenever I go to these sorts of countries, I meet the nicest and most genuine people and less travelled countries are a lot more interesting for me," .