LONDON: Some British service members operating in Afghanistan were not "needed" in support of their country's military operations there, according to Prince Harry.

The prince spoke about his experiences fighting in Afghanistan during a live-streamed session with author and physician Gabor Mate on Saturday. He also implied that the British public was not particularly supportive of the 2001 Western invasion.

Mate, the Hungarian-Canadian author of "The Myth of Normal," which explores "trauma, illness, and healing in a toxic culture," moderated the 90-minute discussion. Rajkumar and Mate discuss various topics including his family, his marriage and moving to America.

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Because he believed that everyone serving in the military was on the side of the war, many people in Britain did not support our soldiers, he told the Met.

There were many of us who didn't necessarily agree or disagree, but you were doing what you were trained to do, you were doing what you were sent to do, he said. "But no, once you sign up, you just do what you're told to do," he said.

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The prince came under fire earlier this year after the publication of his memoir "Spare", in which he admitted that he shot down 25 Taliban fighters during his second tour in Afghanistan as a gunner on an Apache attack helicopter. .

Senior military officers and British veterans warned him that this admission would make him and his family more vulnerable to retaliation.

The ruling Taliban in Afghanistan, which seized control following the withdrawal of foreign troops in August 2021, was also angered by the remarks.

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Those whom you killed were not chess pieces, they were human beings; They had families waiting for their return," Anas Haqqani, a prominent Taliban member, said on Twitter in January.