Prince Harry reveals in his memoirs that he killed 25 “Taliban” while working as a helicopter pilot in Afghanistan, having to consider his targets as “chess pieces”, he learned in training to be able to shoot, reported the Telegram Thursday.
The youngest son of King Charles III spent 10 years in the British Army, with two deployments to Afghanistan, in 2007-2008 for 10 weeks, then as a helicopter pilot in the south of the country from September 2012 to January 2013. He resigned in 2015 because he could not return to the courts.
in his book alternate Published next Tuesday but of which some newspapers have already obtained a copy, the exiled prince in California says that he learned as part of his training to kill enemies and that it was part of his job: “We shoot when necessary, we take a life to save a life.”
“Don’t be afraid of this number”
According to TelegramHe says of his second deployment that he was able to count the number of his victims thanks to cameras aboard his Apache helicopter.
“It seemed essential to me not to be afraid of this number. So the number for me is 25. It is not a number that fills me with satisfaction, nor does it embarrass me,” writes the 38-year-old prince.
“chess pieces”
He says that he considered these victims as “chess pieces” removed from the game, as his training foresees because it is impossible to kill a target “if we consider it as a person.”
“From day one I made it my mission to never go to bed doubting that I had done the right thing, that I had shot the Taliban and only the Taliban, with no civilians around,” he said. “I wanted to go back to Britain whole, but even more I wanted to go home with my conscience intact.”
According to the newspaper, the prince’s military involvement has made him a potential target for terrorists, hence the security fears he has expressed since he left the monarchy in 2020 and lost his public protection.
Source: BFM TV
