LONDON: Prince Harry has admitted to killing 25 people while piloting an Apache helicopter in Afghanistan, according to British media, in a soon-to-be-published autobiography.
The 38-year-old Duke of Sussex served two tours of duty in the war with the Taliban, first as a forward air controller ordering airstrikes in 2007-2008 and then as an attack helicopter pilot in 2012-2013.
He claimed he flew six missions as a pilot that resulted in him "taking a human life" in the book "Spare", which is due to be released next week, according to the Daily Telegraph.
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Eliminating goals, according to him, was like removing "chess pieces" from a board, and he claimed to have neither pride nor shame in doing so. Harry, who served in the British Army for ten years and attained the rank of captain, has said that his time in the army was formative.
For security reasons, her first tour was conducted under a strict news blackout that was approved by British media outlets. When a foreign publication violated the embargo, he was forced to return home. The public does not know how many Taliban he killed.
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He was able to evaluate his mission and accurately count how many people he had killed thanks to video cameras mounted on the nose of the Apache helicopter.
He wrote, "25 is my number. It's not a number that makes me happy, but it doesn't embarrass me either." He defended his actions by recalling the 9/11 attacks in the United States and speaking with the families of the victims.
Fighting them was retribution for a crime against humanity because the criminals and their supporters were "enemies of humanity", he continued. Since then, Harry has expressed concern about his safety due to his royal status as well as his experience fighting extremists.
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The Spanish translation of the autobiography, which The Telegraph obtained after discovering it had been mistakenly put up for sale in bookshops on Thursday, was quoted in The Telegraph.