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Taliban Threaten to Kill Britain's Prince Harry

Updated: September 10, 2012 | 9:01 a.m.
September 10, 2012 | 8:21 a.m.

Britain's Prince Harry (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

Just days after the British Crown announced that Prince Harry was headed to Afghanistan to man helicopters for four months, the Taliban announced that it would do everything in its power to kidnap or kill the 27-year-old prince, Reuters reports.

“We are using all our strength to get rid of him, either by killing or kidnapping,” Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told Reuters.

Queen Elizabeth’s grandson, known as “Captain Wales” in the military, is stationed in the volatile Helmand province, at the forefront of NATO’s fight against the Taliban.

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