Harry's memoir sparks protests in Afghanistan over claim he killed 25 Taliban fighters

Prince Harry's memoir sparked anger and protests in Afghanistan after the Duke claimed he killed 25 Taliban members during his second tour of the country country Prince Harry said he killed 25 Taliban members while in Afghanistan (

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Protests have erupted in southern Afghanistan following Prince Harry's claim in his new memoir that he killed 25 whom he described as Taliban fighters during his second tour with the British army in the country.

Around 20 staff and students from a university in Helmand - the province where British forces were largely concentrated during NATO-US-led coalition operations in Afghanistan - took part in a demonstration on Sunday.

"We condemn his (Prince Harry's) action which goes against all standards of humanity," one protester said.

Others carried posters showing Harry's portrait with a red "x" on it.

Sayed Ahmad Sayed, a professor at the university, criticized Harry for his role in British military operations in Afghanistan.

Harry said he considered the people he killed "chess pieces" (

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“The cruelties that were committed by Prince Harry, his friends or anyone else in Helmand or anywhere in Afghanistan are unacceptable, cruel. History will remember these acts,” Sayed said during the demonstration.

As part of a number of explosive allegations made in his tell-all memoir, Spare, Harry said he killed 25 Taliban militants while serving as an Apache helicopter gunner co-pilot in Afghanistan in 2012 -2013.

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