A senior Taliban official slammed Prince Harry on Friday after he revealed he killed 25 people during his military missions in Afghanistan, saying it was like removing “chess pieces” from the chessboard.
Anas Haqqani, a senior Taliban official, criticized the Duke of Sussex for these statements, saying those whom Harry killed were Afghans with families.
“Mr Harry, those you killed weren’t chess pieces, they were human beings,” he tweeted, accusing the prince of committing “war crimes.”
And he added: “The truth is as I have presented it. Our innocent people were chess pieces in the eyes of your soldiers, military leaders and politicians. But it remains that you have been defeated in that game”.
Afghan government spokesman Bilal Karimi also criticized Prince Harry for his statements.
“These crimes are not unique to Harry but every occupied country has a history full of such crimes in our country,” he wrote in a tweet.
“Afghans will never forget the crimes of the occupiers and will always keep alive the flame of protecting their religion and their country,” he added.
