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Taliban fighters stand guard as female students arrive for entrance exams at Kabul University in Kabul on October 13, 2022.
  • The Taliban has detained a British man who says he likes to travel to extreme places for fun.
  • Miles Routledge, 23, was earlier evacuated from Afghanistan during the Taliban takeover in 2021, before returning again last year. 
  • The Taliban has not given details publicly about why they detained Routledge.

A British man who said he likes to travel to "dark" and "extreme" places is one of three British men detained by the Taliban in Afghanistan, the BBC reported.