I SPENT 7 DAYS WITH THE TALIBAN IN AFGHANISTAN | (FULL VLOG)

0:00 I got held hostage by the Taliban right as the United States bombed Iran. >> As the Israel Iran conflict extends into its second >> is of a B2 stealth bomber. >> With all of that being said, this cannot continue. There will be either peace or there will be tragedy for Iran far greater than we have witnessed over the last 8 days. >> Except I wasn't held hostage at all. We pranked the entire world to prove how wrong you are about Afghanistan. For 7 days, I lived directly with Taliban fighters, ate their food, visited their mosques, got invited into their homes, and yes, they tried to convert me to Islam. Throughout this entire journey, I stood firm in my Christian beliefs while they took me to markets, military compounds, and private meetings where actual Taliban forces tried to convince me to join their cause. Now, for you to

0:46 understand how a random guy from San Diego ended up hanging out with the Taliban and having theological debates about Jesus versus Muhammad, you need to know how this absolutely insane adventure came together. And honestly, it all started with one simple rule that I live by. There are no strangers. Never judge people until you live with them for at least a week. Not through CNN, not through Fox News, and not through Instagram posts, but by actually sitting at their dinner table, looking them in the eyes, and asking the hard questions. face to face. But here's where things got complicated. The original plan wasn't just me going solo. I was bringing 10 other people to experience this firsthand. We had everything coordinated, flights booked, the whole crew ready to go. And then the Middle East exploded. I didn't mean it for it to come out like that. Israel, missile

1:32 attacks, tensions through the roof. And one by one, my entire crew started to drop out. Dude, maybe this isn't the time. My family thinks I'm crazy. The timing just feels off. until it was just me and my three boys, Kale, Calvin, and Colton, staring at our flights and wondering, were we just about to make the dumbest decision of our entire lives? Lights were booked, and honestly, we decided to take the risk anyway. Sometimes you just got to send it. Now, here's the crazy part about how I even met Yousef in the first place. I'm scrolling through Instagram a few months earlier, and I see a comment on one of my videos. Yousef, also known as I am Poco Loco, writes, "You should come to Afghanistan next." And I'm thinking, "Is this guy serious? Afghanistan is crazy."

2:18 So, I click on his profile and I see this Afghan dude with the biggest smile I have ever seen in my entire life and an AK-47 casually slung over his shoulder posting videos literally dispelling Western media narratives about his own country. This man was out here doing damage control for Afghanistan, one Instagram post at a time. After months of back and forth DMs, video calls, ensuring our safety to the best of everyone's ability, and probably a 100, "Are you sure about this?" conversations, we finally locked it in. Ysef promised to show us the real Afghanistan. Not the media, not the fear-mongering, but the actual country and its people. So, there we were. Four dudes who refused to back down about to land in one of the world's most misunderstood countries guided by

3:03 someone who started off as a random Instagram commenter and became our gateway to the real Afghanistan. We staged a fake hostage video and convinced the entire internet that I was captured by terrorists. We shared meals with Taliban commanders who ended up being some of the most hospitable people I have ever met. What you're about to see will completely shatter every assumption you have about Afghanistan, the Taliban, and maybe make you question, what else has the media gotten wrong about our world? So, sit back, grab some popcorn, subscribe, and enjoy the show.

3:54 We just met with one of the top Taliban officials. Just had some tea, hung out, told us uh he was bummed that he couldn't communicate with us more. Very, very nice guy. Very welcoming. We're going to go get our fitted Taylor clothes and go on some adventures. We're going to blend in a lot more. I don't think Calvin will. The Taliban official thinks that Calvin's going to be picked out pretty easily. I wonder why. And then uh you what what do we what do we got for the day? >> Oh, I mean we're talking about him being picked out, bro. I feel like even in the west he has picked out, bro. >> Lush his hair like that, bro. Come on. >> Yeah. Either either way, he's bringing a bringing attention. >> No, but today it's going to go one of two ways, right? So far, we can get go to the tailor, pick up the fabric. You're not going to put it on yet, right? Cuz we're going to go to another spot to get pick up a vest. [Music] >> You just said it real fast in a

4:39 different language. I'm going to break that down for you. And uh but basically yeah, so we'll go to we'll pick up the fabric, pick up the vest, we'll go we'll get the vest, we'll get you a hat and some sandals and a scarf of course. Put some over your shoulder and then we'll go to the river to the river where they have the cemented pools and you can eat on the river. It's a little bit off-roading to get there, but we're in the right way. We'll take care of it. >> Let's go. >> Oh, look at that, man. >> Yeah, we need to get them ironed of course, but I think it's okay. >> I think it's fine. >> If it's loose, that's the thing. If it's loose, like give it another knot. >> Sure. >> Yeah. If it's tight, open the knot and give it another one. like, "Is it okay if I take a video?" They won't be upset. I was like, "All right, no problem." Right? It's good. Yeah. >> Yeah. >> He's not going to put a hit on your head. Like he >> like makes a call. We have guys pull up.

5:27 >> I love it. >> Let's get a little little fit check. >> I love it. You keep the top one uncolored if you want just to be like loose. But if you want to tie it up, you can do that. >> It's like loosey like it feels good. >> It's breathable. >> You can kick. You can sit. You don't have to worry about it. Just junk feet in nobody's face, you know. It's good, >> dude. He did a great job, bro. >> Taylor, bro, >> he did a great job. >> Comfy. >> We just got Calvin fitted up. >> Looks good, bro. >> We're doing it wrong. >> This is so much better. >> I know. It's great, man. It's great. >> You guys are like, you say like you guys have the like you look like people from Afghanistan. They're like color people. But those two

6:17 >> look like a local. >> Yeah. Now you >> Thank you. >> He has an Instagram. >> So brother said here Yeah. He's like, "Hey, just to make sure you guys don't embarrass me." He's like, "Let me let me follow these guys." I told him I was like, "There's women in this music." He's like, "It's his job. That's his As long as good, yeah, we got it. >> First T bro subscriber. >> We look at the analytics. It's 1% Afghanistan. >> Like all right, >> man. Thank you. We're

7:03 >> all fitted up. [Music] Have you ever [Music] got onions for the boys, right? Immune system. More [Music] genan. [Applause]

7:48 [Music] >> No way. >> For contents, he just took my mints and put They're 12 1/2 milligrams. He put about like seven, guys. Seven or eight. >> Seven or eight. lined up like two in and then grabbed like like a probably five or six and then like another two I'm empty on these now. >> You like it? >> Yeah, he's he's loving >> like in his head like >> it's like nothing >> strong man. Hey, so one of the team one of the T- bro, he he hushed me over, you know. He said, "Hey, >> he's like, "Have you given him you given him naswar? Nasar is like it's chew tobacco, but it's got acid in it and it's like really strong. Have you given him this?" He said, "No, like we don't have it." Then he's like, "Well, give

8:33 him this." Then he pulled out a black plastic bag. They pulled this out. I don't know if you don't know what this is. These are cloves, bro. >> Clove people. This is edible. It's good for your mouth. He said, "Crush it up." He's like, "Put it under your tongue." He's like, "And then call me." >> I'm holding it like it's something crazy. I'm playing with it. We just had a >> beautiful lunch picnic right down there actually. Picnic watermelon onions. Uh we gave a T- bro 8 12 1/2 mg of Zin. >> And then he gave us some cloves in return. Good exchange of faith in humanity. >> 12 and half millig of like 100 more. >> Yeah. Yeah. He had a he had a lot. >> He had a lot of brain surgery in effect. >> No, it's been great. >> Look how beautiful it is here. We're in the Emirat, right? Emirrot,

9:20 Afghanistan. Um, and we came out, we came out to the the basically the best viewing point of Kabul, of the capital, right? And this capital tends to be decorated with a white flag, you know? So, we're going to go ahead. We'll take some shots with the with the flag. Make sure you guys don't get past TSA on your way back into America, you know? You probably won't upload this. I imagine you're not going to upload this here, right? You're going to get back. >> I'm going to wait till I get home. >> Sweet. Look at the videos yesterday. I was just going to drop a little like sneak peek in bed. Did you in bed tucked in? >> Do it on the plane. risky. >> Yeah, it's called Barhant which means the the hill of the whole area is very serious. >> So this is all going to attract attention. English attracts attention and then your hair your hair is >> good. Good.

10:06 >> Thank you. >> No. Hello. Yeah. >> What's your name? >> What is your name? >> Calvin. >> Yeah. Calvin. What is our last name? >> Hey, what's up? Future Jake here. I'm just going to jump in real quick for some context. Once we got to Wazer, >> so this area was a green zone. So pretty much every single person there was Taliban. We got absolutely swarm by people and we drew so much attention that we got interviewed to be on the Afghan news. [Laughter] And we talked to so many people. Every single one of them blew my mind. Like

10:52 beyond comprehension. Everyone was so nice. But let me tell you about tomorrow. He used to promised us something absolutely unbelievable. A private lunch and dinner with a highranking Taliban commander and his entire battalion. Someone so secretive we aren't even allowed to film it. But before that, we have to fix our drone. So, we're headed to one of Kabool's most hectic markets, which means we're going to be completely immersed in daily Afghan life, currency exchanges, traditional shops, and old US military equipment that was left behind. The question is, will we actually survive the markets of Kabool? And how will he react to four Americans coming to his country? It definitely made me nervous for the hangout. >> Let's do this.

11:44 [Music] Wait. So, so why are we dragging the boys to this electronics market? It's cuz I messed up. I was having too much fun and I broke our drone. We We broke the limb of it. We know somebody, right? So, now somebody's going to do some surgery. He's going to repair it for us. We can take our little birdie with us to bomb. Or else we'd be in a garden, guys. You guys wouldn't be sweating. We'd be having a good time. [Music] We're we're currently at Ysef Sky to get his drone fixed. He's been flying a lot in in the mountains. Crashed cut a few times. We might need to take away his pilot's license. It's all right as home boys, but he's he might be kind of [ __ ] us up on the price. So, we'll figure it out. After this, we're going to exchange our currency. And then, uh I think we're going to go have a great picnic with some high up tea bros. It's going to be epic. Like, this guy was a freedom fighter. Has some great stories. And yeah, it's going to be a chill day,

12:30 bro. And then I think tomorrow, tomorrow we leave to Buman. Tomorrow morning. Yeah. 5:00 a.m. We're leaving to Bamian, which is like the birthplace of the Silk Road. So, it's going to be pretty historic. Yeah. Like, we feel we feel super safe here, honestly. Like every interaction we've had with the T- Rose. They're always like, "Hey, can we do anything to help you? Please make sure you're taking care of your guests." Like, Yseph and Imran. So, we feel pretty pretty safe. The Afghan people in general are pretty curious cuz they, you know, they've been in war for the past 30 years. So, their only interactions with fairkinned people are negative. So whenever we go somewhere just suddenly a crowd will start forming and uh I'm not the biggest fan of it but um it's chill. I mean ultimately they're just like super curious and then at the end of it you you know give them a little hi they're always welcome to Afghanistan like what do you think of our country like we welcome you and uh yeah >> they always ask if they can do anything.

13:16 >> Yeah it's awesome. Like even the Taliban even like we met some pretty big high official today and it's like >> please let us know if anything happens like I'm here whenever. >> He's the head of tourism. >> Yeah the head of tourism. The head of tourism. We had tea with him for about like an hour and a half today. That's pretty cool. >> Yeah, man. Hopefully we can get a good deal here. This guy just [ __ ] this up. >> Oh jeez. >> Phoenix 3. Good copy. Striking bomb. >> So for context, apparently it's extremely like big no no to fart here. And obviously I think that shit's hilarious. And music is telling us a story of this one guy in in this village in the mountains who farted and he left the village forever because he was so

14:03 ashamed >> and he tried to come back years later >> looking for his son >> looking for his son and he realized he became like a local legend for farting and leaving >> my uncle >> dude walking through these streets is insane. >> So much going on, bro. You go to these people's homes, you know, they have nothing, bro. They look like they put together somewhat, right? A lot of humans around the world, everybody looks put together when they go home their own house. Like only they and their family know what the situation is, right? But here too, like a lot of people go home, they don't have like drinkable water at the house, they don't have hot water at home, you know, stuff simple things that we take for granted, you know? You see, you see all kinds of people just moving and grooving, happy, some cars broke down, people selling juice. And then there's us, bro, just getting things done. >> There you go. So this is the Mjahedin Bazar.

14:50 >> Mjaheden Bazaar. It's kind of It's kind of empty, bro. >> It's kind of slow. >> It's kind of slow day. Yeah. >> This used to be the Bush Bazar, right? >> The Bush Bazar. George W. Bush. >> I think I think we could find some cool stuff in here. >> This is where you could pimp out your AK or like you pimp it out. >> Not stand patches. >> Oh, get some patches. >> Yeah. These are the brothers on the hate list, right? >> This would be kind of cool. >> Be very fire, bro. But again, you can't like then has the creed on it of Islam. You got to like respect that, right? >> You said you could get something like

15:35 like this is also like [Music] just have it. It would be pretty gangster, bro. >> Yeah. So, we want to upgrade the AK, you know, so when we walk around with you, you got a little something to stare at. Feel you got a foldable stock here. Usually just a bunch of metal. Um, but they got a nice little >> That's beautiful. So, this is the spot they go to if they want to just get any attachments or anything. >> Those guys been taking care of us. We got a couple red dots and a couple things from them. >> Nice. >> These are original Russian real deal straps. >> We're looking for all the green, right? We had all green one before. That's the one we want. >> He doesn't have it. >> You can't find the market. >> Well, we're going to find it in. They're bargaining for They want money. They start with 100. Now she go 200. >> They're bargaining. Jake, what are you what are you getting going? >> American helmet.

16:24 >> Real deal American steel, baby. >> You got just strap it in, bro. Like literally wear it. Strap it in. I don't know how that works. >> Just wear even from the back of the head, I guess. Just like >> Oh, yeah. That's That's it. Yeah, cuz that that rests the back. >> This is kind of heavy. >> Infidel. Look at Look at this infidel, bro. What? >> Feel how heavy that is. >> Oh my god. And so they >> It says lightweight on it if I'm not mistaken. Oh, that's something else. >> That's almost like a football helmet. >> Yeah, that's like >> Kevlar. Whatever you talking about really kevlar is light green. >> Kevlar is like what you'd put like a chest plate inside. >> I don't think it's like a bullet definitely going through it. But >> you think so? >> If it hits it direct maybe if it it might go to it doesn't show you the vest. There's like bucks

17:10 and whatnot. like a different put it in squeeze bends mode. We're out here in traffic. We're with the boys, of course. But it's traffic, bro. Gridlock and Kabool, bro. My goodness. It's a bunch of terrorists driving their cars. But we're having fun with this thing, right? Let's see. But look at this, bro. We're now we're playing Need for Speed. Where's this at? Need for Speed, brother. What happens if you hit the play button on it? >> Put your seat belt. Put your seat belt on, guys. >> Walmart ass system in the car. >> We unlocked all these cars, bro. You got to chill, bro. >> It's so funny.

17:55 >> We just picked up a ton of snacks. We're about to go meet one of the tea bros for a picnic in the garden. We got super chips. Yeah, these are roasted chicken and biryani flavor. Yeah, dude. We got a bunch. We got cookies, cakes, just so many chips. And Yseph's about to go get some uh wherever he went. Calvin, went to go get some some fruit. We're about to go have some dinner with some big ranking big dog or excuse me, picnic with the big dogs in this beautiful park. It's going to be sick. We got the snacks. We got the boys. Kale's got the watermelon. It's going to be a good time. >> Watermelon cat. Happy, right? I'll get to it.

18:52 It's all equal. We're all born same old man. >> Whatever God's built is good for us. We were built of the same thing. Even a snake, even a snake that God has built, even that has benefits of us. The scientific benefits of it. The way it moves, the way it it takes oxygen out the air like bad, he said something about bad air, it takes out of the everything is perfect. Why do we serious?

19:40 Yeah, he's breaking it down. Ah, >> so like we have to be humbled like it's not the 1400 years Quran's never been changed, you know, just >> that's not cuz you he preaches like you said he was preaching to me earlier, right? Like Is there any book in the world that people have memorized like from beginning to end like word for word? He's like not many which is like but there's billions of people not billions millions. [Laughter]

20:28 trick. >> Afghanistan. Afghanistan trick. >> You just squeeze it to right. You squeeze out the mango. Yeah. Yeah. >> That's wild. >> Well, they gave this man an explosive. They they put explosives in his mango, bro. [Laughter] >> Well, it depends too. He milked it. Like he finished the cook. >> He said he ate the fit. He's like, "No, he ate it." >> Swallowed it. >> Yeah. >> Or should I put Should I just put that over there? >> Yeah. Put in the plate. Yeah. Yeah. Perfect. Right on top. Yeah. Yeah. Good luck, brother.

21:16 >> Turn it around. >> Hello. Hello. >> This is crazy. >> One of the T bros just gave Calvin his AK. >> I got Dude, what's the CS GO like inspect? >> Yeah. >> Yeah. I sent a video to my friends. They like show them the sale. It's like my CSGO skin. >> This is insane. It's got a QR code on it. >> Give the American the American souvenir. >> Oh, it's not even on safety right now, bro. >> Of course not, bro. You're in the building. Don't. >> Yeah. Should I Can I flip it to safety? >> It's definitely not >> on [Laughter] Just keep

22:03 [Laughter] the US government. How are you feeling about your tax money? >> Property of the US government carine. tax dollars, right? >> Yeah, we took them like you guys lifted it and we took it from you guys. [Laughter] [Music] Don't give him a gift. This is a forced gift. >> Russia. Russia. >> I got you. No worries.

22:48 >> Russian. >> Oh yeah. >> America, huh? >> Way more than I thought. >> Thank you for the gift. He's like, this is not a gift for my brother. >> Hey, come over here. He came over here. [Music] Russian souvenir. >> Canadian. >> So, we're going to praise him and we'll take the guns back. >> Okay. So, so we just finished our picnic with the T- Bros. We were with the sword of the sword of God. Uh we were playing

23:34 with his kids a lot. Uh he didn't really want to be on camera. Um a lot of lot of targets on his head. So, we were with some pretty high-profile people. Had a great time, though. Yeah, Chucky. >> Got to hold a Yeah, dude. >> US Army M4. >> Yeah, we were holding some some US Army M4s and AK. >> Your parents' tax dollars. >> Yeah, we saw our tax dollars in person for the first time. And then Calvin Calvin wrestled with one of the T- Bros and took him down. It was It was pretty They >> threatened to shoot. >> Yeah. Then they threatened to shoot the T- bro cuz he lost to Calvin. So, it was pretty pretty legendary. Pretty special moment for Calvin. There's our new lion right there. took down a T- bro. >> But he was like so like all about me. >> Oh, dude. He loved Calvin. Yeah, he loved Calvin. And then the kids loved Colton. >> Yeah. They were trying They were like

24:20 grabbing my ankles. I was walking around with kids on my ankles. >> They kept tackling. >> They kept tackling. Yeah. They had like the two three kids sometimes on my ankles. They were trying to bring them down. >> They loved you. Yeah. So, I don't know if you guys heard this, but Yseph came up to me and one of the kids was like, "I'll pay you if you make them mujaheden." Like, "I'll literally pay you if you make them." kids wanted us to to go stay with them basically. >> Fighters. >> Yeah. Come be fighters. So, yeah. I mean, yeah, dude. It's it's it was a pretty unbelievable experience to to say the least. Yeah. And >> we're going to go have dinner, maybe. Possibly. >> Yeah. We're going to >> Yeah, we're going to go have dinner with all them right now. There's like 12 of them. >> So, yeah. We'll we'll see you guys at at dinner. I look fresh as [ __ ] man. So,

25:06 how where what's what's the deal with this restaurant? >> What's the deal, brother? >> Why Why is it like the best? >> What? >> The restaurant. >> Uh, you'll see, boys. I mean, walking in is going to be kind of hard videotaping just cuz like it's going to be a whole squad, right? So, we can't just stick the cameras out yet, >> but we'll see. I like I'll give you guys the queue, but you'll see why it's the best part. Like, the food is good. I'm not going to I don't want to hype the food up so much, but just the ambiance, the level of attention to detail, and like you're not going to think you're in Afghanistan, bro. But the hospitality, the love, the food, like you'll see, you'll feel that maybe you'll feel that like Afghanistan. But just looking with the which is with your eyes, you're like, "Nah." >> Sure. >> Yeah. You're going to forget. You're going to you're going to forget you're in these mountains, you know? >> That's pretty hyped up. Not going to lie. >> I don't hype up too much, but you're going to you're going to forget your

25:51 surroundings. >> What's the standard for Afghanistan? Like genuinely, what? Like, how nice could it be? It's Afghanistan, you know? Like, come on, bro. So, >> if you guys fart, we're getting kicked out of Afghanistan. Visa is gone. >> Our bodies are being sent home. >> Make an example out of our ass. >> They're going to make us deliver them, bro. They're going to put it on us to deliver your bodies, bro. So, I'm going to have to deal with this, too, man. >> We got Okay. Yeah, we just got chauffeurred into this parking spot. You can tell it's a cost of [ __ ] right now by one of the team bros we were just with. >> And uh I think we're going to the Palace of Taste. I have no idea. But um we're currently about to spend like $400 like months of someone's salary here right now with all the T- bros and it's going to be sick. They were saying like the inside looks incredible. It's gorgeous. >> They were saying the T- bro like aren't used to this. >> Yeah. They're not used to this. Yeah. You know, they're they're busy. They're

26:37 they got a lot of stuff going on. They're rebuilding the country. So >> yeah, we got to >> We got all this food, but the brother wants bread. Huh? >> Look what they do with this bread. >> Hey, what was that one more time, brother? >> If he can't break bread, he fake. Uh uh uh. I'm kidding. This is This is a wise man. >> That's my slime right there, bro. That's Kale GPT. >> KGBT. A wise young man. So, we got the bread. Look, it looks like they're hiding something under here, bro. Oh, so we got pistachios. We got raisins. We got carrots. We just dropped a big old >> day after dinner with the T- Bros. One of the bros is had a rough morning. Went to the hospital. It's kind of a late start to the day, but the boys are

27:23 vibing. We uh we actually just did a little currency exchange. We trade $3,600 for $200,000 Afghanis. >> Afghan? It was like 250. >> 250. >> Well, the guy came with dollars, bro. What are we going to do with this? But this is no good here. Let's pay for money to draw. >> Yeah. So, we're we'll we'll get it taken care of later, but everything's good. We're going to go to Bomban right now. Russian tank today. tanks up. >> Russian tanks. >> Show you a beetlebug. Beetlebug. >> No way. That's >> They decorated it, you know. >> And then um the Buddha. We're going to see the famous Buddha. A little bit late start, but >> it's going to be a fun day. Vibes are so high. >> All right. What What do we got on us? >> Tactical vest. >> Tactical darts. >> We got the backup pack down low. >> Let's go.

28:10 >> This man is a massage agent. >> Russell, you know, giving him some space, but he's going to tell us himself, man. >> Oh, dude. What a great squad. Good energy always. [Music]

28:58 So I I think we have reached our final destination for these hostages. We're up here. We're Bandameir. It's been pleasant so far, man. It's It aches me to say that to have to say goodbye in a cave like this, but I think the locals will take care of them fairly well. And they're doing good for themselves. Look at them. Yo, look at these boys. Oh, man. Trailblazing. Every single one of these sons of guns. >> First American spirit in this cave. And we're not just talking about We're just not talking about ourselves. Most surreal trip we have ever done. Come to Afghanistan. Don't be scared. The people are great. Even though he's carrying an AK right in front of me and holds his finger on the trigger and points it at us, but we love him. We love him to death. So, we're doing this all all in sandals,

29:44 man. >> Afghanistan. >> There we go, boys. >> Yousef said that we can taste this water. >> Oh, it's pretty fire. It's pretty fire. >> It is good. >> It's good. You taking sips, too, Chucky? >> I just couldn't. >> Okay, let me see you drink some. [Music] >> This is the underwater division of the Taliban. >> We got the Marine Division, right? Yeah. >> This the Navy. >> The Navy. That's what it is. That's the Navy. Yeah. >> This isn't the Maldes. This isn't Hawaii. This is Afghanistan. Oh, >> giant foot in the water.

30:30 >> The ash peaked up. >> Do they come down? >> Yeah. [Music] >> Okay. Bondi, everybody's seen the water. Everybody's seen the mountains. But the river is broke and the waterfall. >> Oh my goodness. Ben, Bond, Yamir, Kale, and Yousef are going to do a backflip into into the uh into the lake. We're going to take one of these cuties right here and we're going to film from the boat and also get some water time. We also just took a really cool selfie uh or just photo with with one of the Taliban. He's got he's holding a Dragunov. >> Long range, baby. >> Yeah, he's got the long range on him,

31:16 bro. But dude, so far today has been beautiful. >> Dude, we're about to get in uh swamboat. >> Let's get the white ones, bro. The white ones. Dude, some some people in the West are too scared to get in these. You got T- Bros right now, >> bro. So, when I told you guys, hey, we're going to hop in a boat. I'm thinking you thought it was a Miami boat. You thought I was going to get girls on the boat. You know, >> I was like, wakeboard him. What are we going to be doing? But no, we got the Taliban swan swan boats. >> Let's do it to >> I think the green boat's the move. >> Hey, I'm just neck. Oh, it has a swan, too. >> On a swan boat in Afghanistan. >> We're at a swanbo, baby. And we got some kids right here trying to pitch us. >> Oh, help us out. >> Afghanistan. >> Yeah. We're out here with

32:02 >> a swan boat. >> Could it get better than this? >> What a life. Look how beautiful it is here. Everyone's looking at us cuz we're the only white people here. If anyone reaches out to you and says, "Hey, do you want to go to Afghanistan?" This is what they're talking about. They're talking about a swan boat ride with an AK, smoking cigarettes, having the time of your life. >> You can have a >> Yeah. >> No, I don't have an AK. >> Jeez. >> Yeah, he's walking right there. He's got the LMG. That's insane. Tax dollars, man. >> Hey, at least they're being put to use. >> Tax dollars. He's talking about tax dollars. Tax dollars. I'm going to shoot you like

32:49 I'm going to point you in the tax dollars. >> You paid for it. Yeah. >> Now you feel mad about it, my friend. >> Got Yousef turban up. >> Back on the road, man. >> Back on the road. >> Give him some bread. >> Yeah. >> Some bread. 50 bomb each. >> He's giving you cash. >> That's for you. No, no, no, no, no. Oh, that's 500. You give him a 500. >> No, no, I gave him a 50 and then he just hand it. Did it fall out? >> It fell out. It fell out. Yeah, it fell out. >> Wow. Honest. >> Honest. People think when you go to Afghanistan, that would never That doesn't even happen in the United States, bro. If you drop a 500 bomb, that's gone. >> Your brother won't give you that back. >> Yeah. No way. >> So, what happened, >> dude? Dude, so Calvin was giving the kids 250 bombs and he accidentally

33:36 pulled out a 500 when he was uh like pulling it out and they came over and like returned it just all in honesty. >> Integrity is huge out here, man. >> Yeah. I almost want to give it back to him, bro. >> Yeah, that was beautiful, brother. >> You don't see that in America? >> No way. No way. It's possible. I sure. But >> it depends on the person. >> Yeah. >> I feel like out here way more people. >> Yeah, cuz everyone has, you know, the religion, right? We are in a Red Cross forbidden province. Some lady on our flight who was going to Afghanistan was like, "Hey, I don't want to see you guys on the news. Please be careful. We can't go to Bombian. You'll get you'll get shot, brother." >> Huh? >> Kidnapped. >> Kidnapped. Shot. >> The tourist died here like >> Yeah. Yeah. So, unfortunately, there was a situation two years ago. Someone got

34:22 shot. But we're here and the security is huge. I mean, we've seen like crazy US military weapons. Um, but it's safe, right? They they want they want their citizens to enjoy and not be worried about terrorist attacks. And look, we're we're walking around. We're good. Everything is good. No one's bothering us. I'm walking around brushing my teeth. So, this is this is for you, the Red Cross lady, on our flight to Afghanistan. We're having a better time than you cuz we don't live our life in fear. Who said we don't have parking lots here in Afghanistan, huh? Look at that. We got one valet parked over there. >> We got another baby valet parked right over here. So, we're currently on a Russian tank left behind here in Afghanistan. And I'm going to go inside of it. I'm going to go through this

35:07 hole. Oh, dude. This is crazy. We're entering the tank. Just so you can get some perspective of this. Oh, yeah. Dude. Look at this. Look how crazy this is. Oh, and I'm barefoot, too. Look. This is what This is where they held all the missiles. This is where the big dog was up here. We got Calvin down there. Dude, this is nuts. Imagine being stuck in this in like in the middle of war and it's hot, bro. And >> surrounded by brothers and sandals and your assets just get blown off. >> Yeah, dude. >> This is crazy. You need to come to Afghanistan to see this for yourself cuz it's insane. Ladybug tank. Bro, how funny is that? All right, we're continuing the tank shopping. We got some homies over here working in this

35:54 beautiful garden right in the back. Look, it's just full of trash. Imagine the stories that were told in this thing. And look how small it is. It's tiny. While checking out the tanks, we started walking down a path and ran into an old US military base. Now, this base is completely controlled by the Taliban. Okay, so we can't film. Can't film, but we're going to go talk to the T- Bros real quick. I can't put it on camera, otherwise it'd create a tremendous problem. There there's like all US military equipment in there. >> Yeah, you can see everything there. Like >> like what do you see right behind me right now? There all four rangers. Yeah. There's a tower and what what they see? Couple >> couple like school buses. >> Yeah. School buses. >> Yeah. >> Surrounded by our own Humvees and

36:39 Russian tanks. It was hard to wrap my head around. These guys are living in bases that we built using equipment that we left behind and they're just normal people going about their day. And after the tanks, Ysef and Iran wanted to show us something pretty special. They were going to take us to the famous Buddha statue, which was a huge checkpoint at the start of the Silk Road. After seeing the remains of the ancient Buddha statues destroyed by the same people that we're now sharing meals, I realized how complex this situation really is. History, politics, religion, all tangled up in ways that don't fit into neat little news segments. As the sun set over the Afghan mountains, we decided to head back to Kabool. But we ran into a little problem with Kale's passport. Second to last day in in Afghanistan. Bittersweet, man. This is home. It might

37:25 be home for Kale. Kale lost his uh paperwork for the passport. What you need? It literally says on there that you need this to leave the country, but they're saying you don't need it. But they're just trying to make you feel better. >> Oh, it's good, girl. Further in. You guys like I'm staying for the wedding. >> That's going to be That's good news. >> That's good news. Yeah, if you stay >> That's good news. Imran took the >> He's like, "Which one do I like the most?" >> I'll take everyone's paper tomorrow. Let me see if I have >> Yeah. See if it's in there. This would be crazy. >> No, there I have only like What do you call this? >> Condoms. >> Yeah. >> Condoms. >> All right, gang. Where we at? Uh, I think it's our second to last day here

38:11 in Afghanistan. We're going to go have lunch in an airplane. It's going to be pretty sweet. We're going to try and smoke in there. They took that away from the United States. The FAA took away smoking. We're going to try and bring it back out here in Afghanistan. >> Cheapest boarding pass I've ever had. >> Hey, we're flying Spirit, baby. Spirit in Afghanistan, baby. >> We're not hijacking anymore. All right. We don't do that here, man. >> Not anymore. >> I'm not agents, man. >> You guys are hijacked. >> You guys are hijacked. Can we eat in here? >> Eat it. >> No, we're eating in here. >> Yeah, there is like a bottom of the >> Can we eat in the cockpit? >> Yeah. No, >> this is a real reenactment. >> Wow. Reenactment of what, bro?

38:57 >> What is this guy saying? >> We're already in Afghanistan. We're not even on the way yet. >> Oh, man. [Music] >> It's like the holistic health people to like put the steak and the avocado on the cutting board. It's just a burger. >> Insane. Just the burger and fries on. >> Look at this, man. This is first class service. >> And only grab four fries, okay? If you grab more than four, it's going to mess up the math, man. >> No, those look good, huh? >> Hey, he's like, it doesn't count if I eat it. Oh, thank you. >> I'm kidding, bro. Grab it. I think you lost. I'm in the woods. >> Alhamdulillah. >> Amirats could never >> never >> spirit maybe. [Music] >> For those watching the video, the AK just fell on the ground. I didn't even

39:42 realize that's what it was. >> Making straight propaganda. >> We're dropping bombs, brother. >> On your timeline, right? Where else? >> Behind the scenes >> filming propaganda. >> Yeah. >> Western propaganda. >> Taged. Everything is taged. >> Donald Trump. In 14 hours, inshallah, we will be in Washington DC. And all I want is one handshake. And I see you. >> That's so good. >> Everyone in the background is like, "What is going on?" >> All right, we just wrapped up the uh propaganda shoot. >> How'd it go? >> First time on a plane with an AK-47 and

40:28 some turbons. >> All right, so now that we're deboarded and we're in route to the markets, the bird market is what most tourists go to. Afghans love birds, right? So, there's a lot of exotic and good-looking birds, very unique sounds, of course. And in between the birds, you'll see there's some metal shops and they'll be grinding gears, doing some things. Um, so yeah, usually occasionally you find some really cool pets and animals um in the bird market, but for the most part, it's a bird market, right? So, you'll find birds. And since it's so many people and so many faces, we don't really recommend videotaping. Definitely get some shots. So, we'll take the cameras. Um, but for the most part, we're going to be running and gunning, dodging. There's going to be stuff on the ground. There's going to be people pushing cars. There's going to be shoppers. There's going to be T- Bros, of course, keeping the peace. I'm gonna buy a bird instead. >> Jake, where we at? You want to do a little explan? >> Yeah. So, we're we're in the bird market right now. And it's hectic, man. There's birds everywhere. There's people looking

41:15 at us. It's gnarly. But we're going to find a bird. We're We're going to set one free. >> Hell yeah. It's >> pretty hectic, though. >> This is insane. [Music] These are insane. >> Walking through the bird market, we met this dude who called himself the king of eagles. So like any sane person, we had to see what he had to offer. >> Got homies sleeping in a wheelbarrow. >> Dude, the eagles just run around like a dog. Like a domestic eagle, >> bro. They just got an eagle taint. It's a good spot if you free some birds here. We give you buy you buy some like cheap ones and you free them here. >> Okay,

42:00 >> it's a good one. Yeah, let's go. >> I feel like as an American, we need to free an eagle. >> Most patriotic thing we can do. >> This guy, >> look at this. >> Tames peacocks. >> These are Arabian peacocks. >> Arabian peacock. >> Arabian peacocks. Like $400, bro. $400 some change to get this. >> What would they buy them for? Just for the house. Yeah, we have some family friends that have Yeah. In the garden. If you want to freeze some eagles, he's going to give you a good discount. He's just going to come back to him. >> Hey, so so if you're ever here in Afghanistan, which you should be, come to this homeboy and he'll give you a good discount to free some eagles. This is for the Americans watching. >> We got eagles. We got cats. That's my my first time I saw a cat with two two

42:46 colors, >> two different color eyes and AKs. We got AKs. >> We free it. We free it. Emer just shoots it down. I will regret it. That's content. Yeah. >> Yeah. We fear an eagle and I shoot it down. >> We just got the piece. Finally. >> This is in, bro. Look at these stairs. >> We got the pigeons. >> Turn the safety off. >> That's off. Safety is off. >> I love the wide one. Is that the one you want to shoot first? I won't shoot the white one. >> You sound like cops in America. >> That's I won't shoot the white one. >> You cannot speak Pashto. >> No, >> I can't. >> I got to learn.

43:32 >> Pashto is international language around the world. Okay. [Music] >> One, two, three. >> Yes. >> Habibi, come to Afghanistan. >> So, after the bird market, we headed to my friend Assad's house for what was supposed to be a casual dinner. But what happened next was probably one of the most profound conversations of this entire trip. We sat down with two Taliban fighters with some serious wartime experience. And he told us a story that I honestly will never forget. He pulled out this small stick called a miswalk and explained how this tiny stick of wood that Muslims use to brush their teeth saved him from an RPG blast. [Music]

44:26 So he goes and he says like you know one I want to mention again like in the time of the jihad everyone's like a like the gathering place was a mjid. So every time when they want to do a action or any like you know things that they want to go they say like we have a target we're going to go on this day they'll gather the mjid and they'll literally camp out. camping was like inside the muds. So him and his friends, there are six of them. So the rocket itself, you know, if a rocket falls and if it's like between one meter like from right here, right here, everyone's going to be dead. >> Mhm. >> So one of his friends uh had a rocket, it's called had a rocket launcher, an RPG, it's called RPG. He told his friends like, "Hey, you know, just let it go. It's too heavy for you." So no, okay, I like, you know, I'm okay. I can handle this. So right when he sat down,

45:14 the bullet just like the the box it fell down and then he looked at him and they looked at each other. He's like, "I'm I'm so sorry." Right? Then there it just exploded. >> Said if it's like from 1 meter from 1 meter, you think that okay, you know, he's like he'll show you the video of the area too. There's like literally blood gore everywhere. And there's like it's called strap metal. What it's called? >> Strap. Strap. Strap. >> Strap metal. >> Strap or strap? >> Strap. Sh. Oh sh >> milk. Yeah. >> S H R E >> N, bro. The end. >> She sells She sells at the seashore. That's it. So that thing, right? >> So you know it's called it's it's literally like blast everywhere.

45:59 >> He said four of my friends, they all died. They all became murdered, but two of us survived. He said from these two people that survived you think that okay hey you know like something's going bad going to happen to you my legs are broken or something like that right >> mama sheet metal from the sheet metal he's like literally called it went through from when he showed you the area he's from this spot it missed it went through this area and it curved around and went through the other area as well >> and then he goes and he says he mentions as well he said hit that spot and as he his other spots, but he got stuck. >> The power of a blast. If a sheet metal goes, it's going to break your leg. None of my none of my bones broke. Nothing broke. He had really had the thing. He

46:45 still has little pieces of the shape metal, whatever the hell it's called, whatever the hell it's called. You guys laugh out for me. I got to look at it like this. So, he still has that on his foot as well. And the crazy thing is he'll show you the picture of the area of the blast. >> He even told I'm adding because he told me the story so many times. It's called uh I'm adding to that story as well. He told him his when he cuz at that six of his four of his friend died he even had his friend's brains in his in in his cheek that was stuck on to him the doctors had to pull it out. >> Oh my god. >> So imagine you know you have to go this this is the sacrifices his man did. He has to go tell his father like you know we have your your your son he's like ling body bag. >> Yeah >> and they're all like in pieces. You're not like in one thing. They're all in pieces. Yeah, >> these are the sacrifices the brothers did, you know, for the country just so that I think that you guys could walk

47:31 around here freely. You couldn't be able to do this back in the day. So this is from these guys sacrifices that they put the hard work they put all this kind of stuff seeing their friends die and bringing seeing their brothers die. His brother died too, you know, that's hella crazy stories. These are like two of many stories, you know, >> and he'll show you the picture the picture in the video you like you literally say because when the when the bomb hit, you think his legs broken but what end up happening he you I'll show you guys a picture on his leg. It has read the name Allah in Arabic on his leg. >> No way. >> I swear to God, he'll show you the picture for me, too. So, it says the word Allah. So, these are things that it gives, you know, it gives you hope. >> So, at the day, God's like, "Okay, hey, you know, your friends died. It's okay. You're on the right path. Look at these signs I'm going to give you. I'm going to put the word Allah on your on your foot just so you could at day be calm

48:18 and you be happy. You know, your friends died. >> It's okay. No worries." And he tell me all the time, like, "J is not hard, but what's hard is losing your friends. Thank you for sharing all that. >> So after dinner, we packed up and headed home for our last day in Afghanistan. But what we didn't know, the United States of America was going to bomb our next door neighbor, Iran. And on top of all of this, we also almost missed our flight. All right, so this is our last day in Afghanistan. We woke up to some crazy news that the uh the US had bombed Iran and we're all of our phones were blown up. Are you guys okay? You guys okay? We're like, yeah, we're in Afghanistan. We're not in Iran. We're fine. Like we're with the Taliban. They got >> Yeah. Yeah. We're chilling. >> Alhamdulillah. >> And uh we're topping this incredible trip off with an amazing dinner with one

49:04 of Yousef's friends who's traveling across the entire world with a purple challenger like backpacking, camping in it. >> America. >> America. There's Keith. Keith Sinclair. >> Keith Sinclair. So he's about to meet us for lunch. A big shout out to Keith for meeting up with us and it's it's going to be a great time. >> Hilarious. >> Okay. So, so when he comes in, >> read a song and then when they're like talking, translate that to us in English and then we'll respond back in English and then you speak back in patch two or something. >> Like if he says something to us, just like look it up, man. Like talk to your head. >> Yeah, that that >> and then I translate English to English. >> Yes. >> From English to English. Yeah. Transition. >> Look at this tourist with the camera, man. >> I know it's tourist, man. You mean the No tourist? Yeah. >> Yeah. Yeah.

49:51 He's being racist, guys. >> Long drive. >> Yeah. >> Settle in. >> He's not finished. He's going to keep driving. Keep driving and keep driving. >> It was a long drive. [Laughter] No, we were just [ __ ] >> we were going to act like like you were going to say something to him in English. It was just going to make no sense at all. >> I was going to meet you, bro. How was How was it? >> Perfect. >> Yeah. >> I came for the holiday. >> That's great. >> You guys a little bit bittersweet. You leave it today. >> Yes.

50:36 >> Yeah. >> How long was this planned for you? >> Just been luck, guys. >> Wait. Couple months. 2 months. >> Yeah. Yeah. 3 months. Yeah. >> He dragged eight people with him, but then people kept falling off. Like it's scary. Everybody's >> Oh, you started with eight. >> Yeah. It was like nine, I think. [Music] >> Yeah. Really? >> All fear. >> And now what are they going to say when you go? >> I've already been getting on. >> He's already beating his chest. >> They're going to say they [ __ ] up. Yeah, they missed out. >> Yeah, of course. >> Kale, what Kale, what did you just say? What did we get? >> Iran State TV. Every American citizen or military in the region is now a target. Bro, >> what are y'all giggling about, bro? What the

51:22 >> You just about to sell us, bro. He's trying to [ __ ] >> He's like He's like bounty for just Yeah, you get fined in this region. >> $5,000 bounty per American head. >> Per American hair for each hair. >> Me and Calvin were just worth millions, bro. >> I'm [ __ ] 20,000 per blue eye. >> So hopefully we make our flight. What What's going on? Are we cutting it close? >> Maybe. >> We're sweating. >> Yeah, we're sweating. We're not comfy, >> but that's how we always get to the airport. >> For some reason, bro, the best trips are the ones you had to like you barely caught. >> Yeah, we're pretty close to the airport, aren't we? >> Fairly. But you just see a bunch of you see secure walls and you're like, "All right." >> No, these guys really do know the town. Yesterday when we were walking through the market and you guys were just

52:08 blazing to the car by yourselves. That was so cool to see, man. >> That was cool, bro. >> Like you guys felt safe and assured. >> You guys were also just like not [ __ ] right? Like we >> have a sense of direction. We had like wherever. >> Yeah. I think towards the end of the trip, too. Just like chap lips, rustic, >> you know, test. >> You guys went through a lot in a really short amount of time. Yeah. >> Yeah, bro. A lot of emotions, laughs, learned a lot, farted a lot. We learned a lot. We learned a lot cuz of y'all, bro. Yeah. >> There's Afghanistan sign. There's a little air. There's airplane there. So, we could do like one final like >> Yeah. >> Right, dude. So, we're at the gate. We survived Afghanistan unlike everyone who said we wouldn't. >> So, we're like off the ground. >> Yeah, we're still We're technically

52:53 still here. >> We're technically still here. We wanted like a proper goodbye to Ysef and Iran. It's queued in front of the sign, but you know that stone gun I bought at the antique shop? Everyone flipped out. We went through like six different security points and I ended up sitting in an office with like eight Taliban head of the airport security and he's sitting there playing with it trying to [ __ ] it and he's like, "Dude, you can't [ __ ] bring this [ __ ] You know how the world is looking at us right now. This is not going to fly at all. Are you guys kidding me? You're you're ridiculous." Kale and I our flight got rerouted. Colton got rerouted. Hopefully yours is is still good, too. So, >> I have no shirt. I have no idea. >> Yeah. So, we don't know what's going on. We're just getting on our Dubai flight. But by >> make it to Dubai. >> Yeah. Yeah. We'll be chilling. But like by far one of the most incredible experiences we've ever had and the journey is not over. Yeah. Who knows? Like we might get into some [ __ ] too. So, uh, one last thing, Yseph and Imran,

53:40 I know you'll be watching this. Our hearts go out to you, bro. This was again like something we will cherish and remember for the rest of our lives. We'll be telling our kids this story. I'm sure everyone else here will be doing the same. And we have a lot of stories to tell when we get back home. A lot of um, a lot of laughs. And we love you guys. >> Heart goes out to you. Heat. Heat. [Applause] Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music]

54:41 We just landed in Dubai and Calvin was like checking in for his flight and he goes in it says departed and we think he booked it for 11:30 a.m. Good morning, brother. San Diego. This isn't even Dub. >> Oh, Dub London. How is How have we missed Dubai to London? In London, the San Diego [Music] I can't sleep at night, but I can't sleep. I can't sleep. Sleep at night,

55:27 but I can't sleep. I can't sleep. But I can't sleep. I can't sleep.