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Kirsty Card & Sam Ormiston

Brit in Afghanistan thanked Taliban for 'amazing' meal before getting food poisoning

A fearless Brit who didn't blink twice over dining with the Taliban thanked them for their "top" hospitality before claiming to suffer a nasty bout of food poisoning.

Miles Routledge, 22, ventured out to Afghanistan last summer shortly after the group's takeover of the nation's capital Kabul, because it was the world's "most dangerous place to visit" at the time.

The former Loughborough University physics student visited one of the country's top restaurants after loyal fans sent him money for his efforts, the Daily Star reports.

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