What Would You Say To A Bunch of Heavily Armed Men Who’d Seized Control Of Your Village?

The Taliban say Prince Harry ”has probably developed a mental problem” after the 28-year-old compared shooting insurgents in Afghanistan to playing video games. The Apache helicopter co-pilot spoke yesterday for the first time about killing Taliban fighters in a series of pooled interviews during his deployment to Camp Bastion in Helmand province. They can only be reported now after a media embargo was lifted following his departure from Afghanistan.

Prince Harry has spoken for the first time about killing Taliban fighters in Afghanistan, saying his role was to “take a life to save a life”. The 28-year-old Apache helicopter co-pilot said his job had been to take insurgents “out of the game” during a 20-week tour of duty that ended Monday. As the crew member in charge of the aircraft’s weapons system, the Prince had his finger on the trigger of its rockets, Hellfire missiles and 30mm cannon, flying scores of missions to destroy Taliban targets and protect British servicemen on the ground.

KABUL, Afghanistan — A Turkish transport helicopter with at least 11 civilians was forced to make an emergency landing in a Taliban-controlled area in eastern Afghanistan, and the insurgents took all the people on board hostage, including eight Turks and a Russian, officials said Monday. The civilian aircraft landed in strong winds and heavy rain on Sunday in a village named Dahra Mangal in the Azra district of Logar province, southeast of Kabul, District Governor Hamidullah Hamid told The Associated Press.

The Taliban believed Beyar Khan Weyaar was the perfect candidate to prepare an insider attack on Afghan police, but instead he set a daring trap that has given a rare insight into suicide bombing tactics.

KABUL, Afghanistan — Taliban militants attacked an army outpost near the eastern border with Pakistan on Friday, killing 13 soldiers, the Defence Ministry said. The attack occurred in a volatile province that serves as a major gateway for insurgents coming from Pakistan. Hostilities have surged as weather improves, allowing easier passage through the mountainous area.

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KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Sunday accused the Taliban and the U.S. of working in concert to convince Afghans that violence will worsen if most foreign troops leave – an allegation the top American commander in Afghanistan rejected as “categorically false.”

Britain's Prince Harry, who compared shooting insurgents in Afghanistan to playing video games, has probably developed a mental problem, the Taliban said Tuesday.