د برتانيې شهزاده چارلس هرري د افغانستان په هلمند ولايت کي د برتانيې له نورو سرتيرو سره يو ځای په جګړه بوخت دی ، د برتانيې ددفاع وزارت نن په رسمي ډول ومنله چي شهزاده چارلس هرري د ډسمبر راهيسي په افغانستان کي ددوی د نورو سرتيرو سره په جګړه بوخت دی ، خو دوی وايي چي دا خبره يې په هلمند کي د طالبانو له خوا ددوی پر سرتيرو د زياتو بريدونو د مخنيوي له امله پټه ساتلې وه . د يادوني وړ ده چي برتانوي دولت دا خبره هغه مهال اعلان کړه کله چي په استراليا او امريکا کي په لومړي ځل دا خبر خپور سو .

ددې خبر تفصيل په انګريزي راپور کي ولولئ

It’s Harry on the front lines in Afghanistan

Matthew Fisher ,  Canwest News Service

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – Prince Harry has been secretly fighting the Taliban with British forces in southern Afghanistan since last December.

The third in line to the British throne has been serving with a front-line combat unit in Helmand Province, which is next to where the Canadians have been fighting the Taliban in Kandahar. “We can confirm that the prince has been in Helmand fighting for the past 10 weeks,” Ministry of Defence spokesman Tim Zillessen said from a British base in the province, which has seen a lot of heavy combat in recent weeks.

Queen Elizabeth gave the green light to her grandson, who holds the rank of Second Lieutenant and uses the family name, Wales, while in the army, to serve in Afghanistan after he was withdrawn from consideration for a combat tour in Iraq last year because of fears that his presence there might jeopardize the lives of those he served with.

A photograph made available Thursday shows Britain’s Prince Harry as he mans a 50 mm machine gun on an observation post in Helmand province in Southern Afghanistan in January.

Rumours that he might go to Afghanistan instead caused several British troops serving here to jokingly wear T-shirts which read, “I am Harry.”

At times Harry has operated within several hundred metres of heavily armed enemy forces while serving with the Blues and Royals of the Household Cavalry, a light armoured reconnaissance unit. The 23-year-old prince has conducted foot patrols and participated in firefights against the Taliban.

Perhaps Harry’s most dramatic mission, according to the BBC, was calling in air strikes by a pair of US Air Force F-15 fighter jets on a Taliban bunker on New Year’s Eve after a three-day surveillance mission which he led.

A British and international news blackout on the story that had been put in place for security reasons was broken on the Internet. While observing the embargo, British media were permitted to do interviews, shoot video and take photographs of the prince in Helmand, where he has been part of operations involving the Royal Gurkhas, the vaunted Nepalese fighting force that has served in the British army since the 19th century.

In an interview done several months ago and published Thursday, British newspapers said the prince had tried to keep his deployment as much of a secret as possible.

“I would never want to put someone else’s life in danger when they have to sit next to the bullet-magnet,” he said. “But if I’m wanted, if I’m needed, then I will serve my country as I signed up to do.”

Speaking to a British camera crew in Afghanistan, the prince acknowledged the additional dangers that would exist if his presence became known to the Taliban.

“Once this film comes out there will probably be every single person, every single person that supports them will be” putting him in their sights, Harry said, acknowledging that he is now a top target. “Now that you come to think about it, it’s quite worrying.”

Most of the 88 British troops that have died in Afghanistan since 2001 have been killed in Helmand, where British forces began fighting with the NATO-led coalition two years ago.

The British army is now consulting with the royal family about whether Prince Harry should remain with his unit or return to England now that the story has broken. British army tours in Afghanistan are usually six months but British media said Harry’s tour of duty was scheduled to last four months.

“A decision has not been made about that,” Zillessen, the spokesman said from Helmand.

In a statement from London, General Sir Richard Dannatt, who commands the British army, expressed sadness that foreign media failed to respect the news blackout.

He said the army had decided that if the media kept Harry’s whereabout secret, the risk in deploying him to Afghanistan was manageable.

“Now that the story is in the public domain, the chief of staff and I will take advice from the operational commanders about whether this deployment can continue,” Dannatt said, while appealing to the media not to report Harry’s every move.

News of Harry’s presence spread like wildfire Thursday at the main NATO base in Kandahar. The revelation was greeted with surprise and delight by his fellow troops.

“I didn’t know he was here. I think it’s good for the morale of British forces,” said Leading Writer Carol Fisher of the Royal Navy. “We all signed on the same dotted line . . . If he is here, good luck to him.”

An enlisted man serving at Kandahar with the Royal Air Force expressed regret that news of Harry’s deployment to Afghanistan had come out.

“It’s better if people don’t know,” he said.

Britain has about 5,000 troops in Afghanistan at present, but is adding troops all the time and will have as many as 8,700 in-country by late this fall.

The last British royal to serve in a theatre of war was Harry’s uncle, Prince Andrew. With special permission from the Queen he flew a Sea King helicopter from the deck of the aircraft carrier, HMS Invincible, during the Falklands conflict 26 years ago. His grandfather, Prince Philip, saw combat with the Royal Navy during the Second World War.