A senior Taliban official on Friday slammed Prince Harry after the royal disclosed he killed 25 folks on navy responsibility in Afghanistan and wrote it was like eradicating “chess items” from a board.

In his memoir to be released next week, Harry reveals the exact number of people he killed during two tours of duty, British media has reported.

“My number is 25. It’s not a number that fills me with satisfaction, but nor does it embarrass me,” he wrote within the guide “Spare” due out Tuesday.

Anas Haqqani, a senior Taliban leader, criticised the Duke of Sussex over the remarks, saying those Harry killed were Afghans who had families.

“Mr Harry! The ones you killed were not chess pieces, they were humans,” Haqqani tweeted, accusing the prince of committing “conflict crimes”.

“The fact is what you’ve stated; Our harmless folks have been chess items to your troopers, navy and political leaders.

“Still, you were defeated in that ‘game’.”

Afghan authorities spokesman Bilal Karimi additionally criticised Harry for his remarks.

“Such crimes usually are not restricted to Harry, however each occupying nation has a historical past of such crimes in our nation,” he tweeted.

“Afghans will never forget the crimes of the occupiers and will always keep the spirit of protecting their religion and country alive.”

Harry served 10 years within the British navy, rising to the rank of captain.

He carried out two excursions of responsibility in opposition to the Taliban, first as a ahead air controller calling in air strikes in 2007 and 2008, and later flying an assault helicopter in 2012 and 2013.

‘Flashman braggadocio’

Cameras mounted on the nostril of his Apache chopper enabled him to evaluate his missions and decide with certainty what number of he had killed.

He justified his actions utilizing the reminiscence of the 9/11 assaults within the United States and after assembly households of the victims.

Those accountable and their sympathisers have been “enemies of humanity” and fighting them was an act of vengeance for a crime against humanity, he wrote in the book.

But his comments have come in for severe criticism in Britain.

Ben McBean, a fellow veteran who lost an arm and leg with the Royal Marines in Afghanistan in 2008 and who was described by Harry as a “real hero”, slammed the prince for his remarks.

“Love you #Prince Harry however you should shut up! Makes you marvel the folks he’s hanging round with,” he tweeted.

Colonel Tim Collins, who became famous for a rousing speech he gave to his troops ahead of the war in Iraq, said the book was “a tragic money-making scam”.

“Harry has now turned in opposition to the opposite household, the navy, that after embraced him, having trashed his delivery household,” the retired commander instructed the Forces information web site.

On Harry’s claim about killing 25, Collins said: “That’s not how you behave in the army; it’s not how we think.”

Referring to a fictional British soldier, journalist and royal creator Tina Brown accused Harry of “boasting” with “Flashman braggadocio” about his exploits in Afghanistan.

“That’s very unattractive. I don’t assume anyone goes to admire him for that in locations that it counts,” she told BBC radio.

It is not the first time Harry has sparked controversy regarding his Afghan service.

In 2013, he likened shooting insurgents to playing video games, prompting the Taliban to query his mental health.

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