Deployed: Prince Harry after arriving in Afghanistan last week.
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The Taliban today said they were doing everything in their power to kidnap or assassinate Prince Harry during his tour of Afghanistan.
Just four days after the 27-year-old arrived in the volatile Helmand province, militants confirmed that he was one of their prime targets.
'We are using all our strength to get rid of him, either by killing or kidnapping,' Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told Reuters by telephone from an undisclosed location.
'We have informed our commanders in Helmand to do whatever they can to eliminate him,' Mujahid added, declining to go into detail on what he dubbed the 'Harry operations'.
The 27-year-old prince, who is third in line to the throne, took up his new role two weeks after he was photographed frolicking naked in Las Vegas.
Known in the military as Captain Wales, he first served in Afghanistan in 2008 as an on-ground air controller.
But his tour was cut short when a news blackout, designed to protect him while on the front line, collapsed.
The Ministry of Defence has said the threat to Prince Harry's life in Afghanistan was less severe in helicopters.
He arrived under cover of darkness last week to join the Apache unit which has the highest 'kill rate' in the war. He will be based at Camp Bastion for four months.
Captain Harry Wales – as he is known in the Army – will be a co-pilot gunner during his four-month deployment, meaning he will fire the aircraft’s weapons.
Harry’s arrival at Camp Bastion, where he will serve with 662 Squadron, 3 Regiment Army Air Corps comes four weeks after a storm over his antics in Las Vegas.
Pictures emerged of the prince naked during an alcohol-fuelled game of strip billiards in his £5,100-a-night suite at the luxurious Encore Wynn Hotel.
Although he was said to be letting off steam ahead of his deployment to Afghanistan, the third-in-line to the throne received a stern dressing-down by senior officers for his role in the frolics.
Target: The Taliban said they were attempting to kill or kidnap the Prince, who is seen here examining the 30mm cannon on an Apache helicopter.
Harry – who has been dubbed ‘the party prince’ – was keen to return to Afghanistan after his first tour of duty was cut short in 2008.
The prince had been secretly deployed with the Household Cavalry as a forward air controller directing bombing strikes against insurgents for ten weeks.
His time there was cut short when news of his presence was leaked on foreign websites and he was brought back to Britain.
However, Harry was so determined to do another tour of duty that he retrained as an Apache pilot in the hope it would increase his chances of being redeployed.
The Queen and Prince of Wales were fully briefed about his return to the war zone. Prince Charles was ‘immensely proud’ of his son, said St James’s Palace.
The Ministry of Defence confirmed the deployment after a threat assessment concluded that his presence in Helmand would not put him or his comrades at greater risk.
Taliban fighters: A spokesman said they were prepared to use all their strength to eliminate him.
Culled from The Daily Mail UK.
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