Taliban accuse Prince Harry of war crimes after he admitted killing 25 people in Afghanistan

Responding to revelations in Prince Harry's forthcoming memoir that he killed 25 Taliban fighters, senior official Anas Haqqani said the soldiers he killed "were not chess pieces, but humans; they had families waiting for them to return"

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A senior Taliban official told Prince Harry that the militants he killed in Afghanistan were "not chess pieces, they were humans".

In the much-anticipated memoir, Harry wrote that he blew up enemy insurgents during six combat missions.

He recalled the "taking of human lives" by confessing to not thinking of those he killed "as people" but as "chess pieces" to be removed from the board as he served on the Helman's front lines as an Apache co-helicopter. pilot and gunner.

In response to the prince's controversial claims, Taliban warlord Anas Haqqani tweeted: "Mr. Harry! Those you killed were not chess pieces, they were humans; they had families awaiting their return.

"Among the killers of Afghans, few have your decency to reveal their conscience and confess their war crimes."

The prince claims to have shot 25 fighters, adding that he did not consider them "persons" when holding the weapon.

He adds, "It wasn't something that filled me with satisfaction, but I wasn't ashamed either."

The Taliban warlord called Harry a war criminal (

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