[An Nahar] Britannia's Prince Harry said he killed Taliban fighters during his stint as a helicopter gunner in Afghanistan, in comments that can be reported after he completed his tour of duty Monday.Harry, third in line to the throne, spent a 20-week posting flying scores of missions over the restive southern Helmand
...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan...
Province in an Apache attack chopper.
The 28-year-old said Islamist snuffies were put "out of the game" and described life in Britannia's sprawling Camp Bastion base, where he slept in a tent and a shipping container.
Asked by Britannia's Press Association if he had killed from the cockpit, Harry said: "Yeah, so lots of people have.
"The squadron's been out here. Everyone's fired a certain amount.
"Take a life to save a life," he shrugged. "That's what we revolve around, I suppose.
"If there's people trying to do bad stuff to our guys, then we'll take them out of the game.
"As soon as we're outside the fence, we're in the thick of it.
"We fire when we have to... but essentially we're more of a deterrent than anything else."
Harry spoke to news hounds on three occasions during his time in Afghanistan under an agreement which only allowed the interviews to be released once he left the war zone.
The prince supported allied troops fighting the Taliban at close quarters and accompanied British and US helicopters on missions to evacuate casualties.