The Taliban in Helmand province, located in southwestern Afghanistan, want to bring Prince Harry to justice. In question: an excerpt from his book alternate where he explains that killing 25 Taliban while on a mission in Afghanistan was like removing “chess pieces” on a chessboard.
“We are not only calling for an international court to bring him to justice, but we are also calling for the international community to punish him as soon as possible,” Hameedullah Hameedi, a local figure, told Sky News before adding:
“It will definitely have an impact on the relationship between the UK and Afghanistan, because people know that a British official in the royal family, Prince Harry, killed 25 Afghan martyrs and committed these crimes.”
“If Harry considers himself a member of the civilized world, it is shameful of him to say [qu’il a tué 25 personnes]”, he says again. “And it’s even more embarrassing to hear him talk about it with pride, like an illiterate from a poor country with no knowledge and no education.”
“You lost in this ‘game'”
Samiullah Sayed, another figure from Helmand province, added: “Besides Harry, all the people who invaded Afghanistan committed similar crimes. As an independent nation, we will never forget the brutality, savagery, and cruelty they brought to our nation and our people. .”
Last Friday, a senior Taliban official also attacked Prince Harry. “Mr. Harry! The ones he killed were not chess pieces, they were human beings” who had families, Anas Haqqani said, accusing the prince of “war crimes.”
“But the truth is what you say: our innocent people were like chess pieces to your soldiers and to your military and political leaders,” he added. “But despite everything, you lost in this ‘game’.”
Concern for your safety
Harry served 10 years in the British Army, ending his career as a captain. He was deployed to Afghanistan twice, first in 2007 and 2008, during which he was responsible for coordinating airstrikes, then again in 2012 and 2013 as a helicopter gunship pilot.
Cameras mounted on the front of the helicopter made it possible to judge the success of the missions and also accurately determine how many people it had killed.
Harry justified his actions by the 9/11 attacks on the United States, believing that the enemies he was fighting with in Afghanistan were the ones who had committed a crime against humanity. Since then, the prince has repeatedly expressed concern for his safety.
“Harry is no longer in the army, but these things are still delicate, and for him who seeks security and discretion, he has just exposed himself to all kinds of jihadists and wackos,” for his part, estimated Major Chip Chapman, interviewed by the media. British.
Source: BFM TV
