Prince Harry claims in his memoirs he killed 25 people in Afghanistan
After British media revealed details of his memoirs of his military service, Afghan officials and some members of the British military expressed criticism .
Former British military leaders and the Afghan government have criticized an apparent claim in Prince Harry's forthcoming memoir that he killed 25 Taliban fighters during his tours in as a soldier in Afghanistan.
Disputed details of his unpublished book, "Spare", were leaked on Friday by British media, which had obtained copies of the book.
While other glimpses of life as a member of the notoriously private British royal family dominated UK headlines this week, this is a telling passage Prince Harry's time in Afghanistan which turned a a diplomatic drama.
In it, Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, who is separated from his Ily family and living in California, describes the people he said to have killed like "chess pieces removed from the chessboard, bad guys eliminated before killing good guys", according to a translation by the BBC, which obtained a copy of the book after its publication. mistakenly published at the beginning of Spain. The statistics, he wrote, did not fill him with pride, nor "put me to shame".
"You can't kill people if you see them as people," he wrote. "They trained me in 'others', and they trained me well."
But the decision Prince Harry's apparent attempt to go into detail about his service was met with disapproval from former British military officers, who said it raised security concerns for him and other troops who had served in Afghanistan. described the account as an inaccurate depiction of British Army training.
The comments were also met with anger from Afghan government figures, which the Taliban insurgency took over in August 2021.
"Those you killed were not chess pieces, they were humans; they had families waiting for them to return,” Taliban administration leader Anas Haqqani wrote on Twitter on Friday. “The truth is what you said; Our innocents were chess pieces for your soldiers, military and political leaders. , a retired British Army officer who served in Afghanistan, told the BBC, refuting Harry's characterization that insurgents were seen as chess pieces to be knocked over. "That's not the case at all, and that's not how the British Army trains people."
Prince Harry, said Colonel Kemp, had gained a positive reputation for his courage in volunteer service in Afghanistan and for defending wounded soldiers. The Prince achieved the rank of Captain in the British Army after 10 years of service, which included a tour of Afghanistan from 2007 as an air traffic controller and another from 2012 as an Apache helicopter pilot. He created the Invictus Games in 2014, an international Paralympic-style event for members of the armed forces living with chronic illnesses and injuries. "That, to some degree, tarnished that reputation," Colonel Kemp said.
After British media revealed details of his memoirs of his military service, Afghan officials and some members of the British military expressed criticism .
Former British military leaders and the Afghan government have criticized an apparent claim in Prince Harry's forthcoming memoir that he killed 25 Taliban fighters during his tours in as a soldier in Afghanistan.
Disputed details of his unpublished book, "Spare", were leaked on Friday by British media, which had obtained copies of the book.
While other glimpses of life as a member of the notoriously private British royal family dominated UK headlines this week, this is a telling passage Prince Harry's time in Afghanistan which turned a a diplomatic drama.
In it, Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, who is separated from his Ily family and living in California, describes the people he said to have killed like "chess pieces removed from the chessboard, bad guys eliminated before killing good guys", according to a translation by the BBC, which obtained a copy of the book after its publication. mistakenly published at the beginning of Spain. The statistics, he wrote, did not fill him with pride, nor "put me to shame".
"You can't kill people if you see them as people," he wrote. "They trained me in 'others', and they trained me well."
But the decision Prince Harry's apparent attempt to go into detail about his service was met with disapproval from former British military officers, who said it raised security concerns for him and other troops who had served in Afghanistan. described the account as an inaccurate depiction of British Army training.
The comments were also met with anger from Afghan government figures, which the Taliban insurgency took over in August 2021.
"Those you killed were not chess pieces, they were humans; they had families waiting for them to return,” Taliban administration leader Anas Haqqani wrote on Twitter on Friday. “The truth is what you said; Our innocents were chess pieces for your soldiers, military and political leaders. , a retired British Army officer who served in Afghanistan, told the BBC, refuting Harry's characterization that insurgents were seen as chess pieces to be knocked over. "That's not the case at all, and that's not how the British Army trains people."
Prince Harry, said Colonel Kemp, had gained a positive reputation for his courage in volunteer service in Afghanistan and for defending wounded soldiers. The Prince achieved the rank of Captain in the British Army after 10 years of service, which included a tour of Afghanistan from 2007 as an air traffic controller and another from 2012 as an Apache helicopter pilot. He created the Invictus Games in 2014, an international Paralympic-style event for members of the armed forces living with chronic illnesses and injuries. "That, to some degree, tarnished that reputation," Colonel Kemp said.
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