Prince Harry Slammed for Bragging About Killing 25 Taliban Muslims

Prince Harry in a his  new book “Spare” has bragged that he killed 25 Taliban militant Muslims in Afghanistan has sparked outrage from both enemies and allies. Harry claims that while serving as an Apache helicopter copilot gunner in Afghanistan from 2012 to 2013, he killed more than two dozen Taliban militant Muslims.

He writes that he felt neither satisfaction nor shame for his actions. Saying that in the heat of battle, he saw enemy combatants as chess pieces to be removed, “Baddies eliminated before they could kill Goodies.”

Prince Harry has previously discussed his combat experience, stating near the end of his tour in 2013 that “if there are people trying to do bad stuff to our guys, we’ll take them out of the game.”

However, his decision to assign a number to those he killed, as well as the comparison to chess pieces, sparked outrage from the Taliban, Muslims and concern among many British veterans of the Afghan war.

“Hello, Mr. Harry!” “The ones you killed were not chess pieces; they had families waiting for their return,” prominent Taliban member Anas Haqqani wrote on Twitter on Friday.

When Western troops left Afghanistan in 2021, the Taliban, who follow a strict interpretation of Islam, reclaimed power. According to Abdul Qahar Balkhi, spokesperson for the Afghan Foreign Ministry, Prince Harry’s remarks “are a microcosm of the trauma experienced by Afghans at the hands of occupation forces who murdered innocents without accountability.”

Some Afghan veterans and military leaders in the United Kingdom claimed that Prince Harry publishing a head count violated an unspoken military code.

According to Col. Tim Collins, who led a British battalion during the Iraq war, the statement was “not how you behave in the Army; it’s not how we think.” Rear Adm. Chris Parry, a retired Royal Navy officer, called Prince Harry’s claim “disgusting.”

Some questioned Prince Harry’s claim, but he said he reviewed video of his missions, and “in the era of Apaches and laptops,” technology told him exactly how many enemy combatants he had killed. Others have suggested that Prince Harry’s remarks could put his family and British forces around the world at risk.

“I don’t think he said that out loud,” said Royal Marines veteran Ben McBean, who knows Harry from their military days. “He has more of a target on his back than anyone else.”

Army veteran Colonel Richard Kemp told the BBC that the kill claim was “an error of judgment” that could be “valuable to those who wish the British forces, the British government and the Royal family harm.”

When Prince Harry and his wife Meghan ended their royal duties in 2020, they lost their publicly funded U.K. police protection. Presently Harry is suing the British Government for refusing to let him pay for his own police security when he visits the country.

Between the US-led invasion in 2001 and the end of British combat operations in 2014, tens of thousands of British troops served in Afghanistan, and more than 450 died.

Prince Harry served in the British Army for a decade, twice in Afghanistan. In 2007-2008, he worked as a forward air controller for 10 weeks before his tour was cut short due to a media leak.

He retrained as a helicopter pilot for the British Army Air Corps in order to return to the front lines. Prince Harry was part of a two-man crew whose responsibilities included everything from assisting ground troops in firefights to accompanying helicopters as they evacuated injured soldiers.

Prince Harry has said that his time in the army was the happiest of his life because it allowed him to be “one of the guys” instead of a prince. He founded the Invictus Games, an international sports competition for sick and injured veterans, after leaving the military in 2015.

On Tuesday, Harry’s  book “Spare: will be released worldwide, it is already being offered for half price on Amazon.

Prince Harry’s Book Spare Already 1/2 Price

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