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Travel Influencer Defends Afghanistan Tour Amid Backlash

10/24/2025

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Kieran Brown, a British travel influencer, paid £900 for guided tour of Afghanistan and promoted it as a travel destination.
The UK government continues to advise against travel to Afghanistan due to Taliban security threats.
Brown praised kebabs and landscapes, saying Afghanistan resembled the Swiss Alps, while reporting girls forced from school.
Critics called the posts tone-deaf, and Brown defended his experience as satire and not an invitation to tourism.

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Kieran Brown, a British travel influencer, paid £900 for guided tour of Afghanistan and promoted it as a travel destination.
The UK government continues to advise against travel to Afghanistan due to Taliban security threats.
Brown praised kebabs and landscapes, saying Afghanistan resembled the Swiss Alps, while reporting girls forced from school.
Critics called the posts tone-deaf, and Brown defended his experience as satire and not an invitation to tourism.