Prince Harry threatened with death by the Taliban

The Taliban announced Monday that it was determined to kill Britain’s Prince Harry, who is serving in Afghanistan four years after his previous deployment was cut short over security concerns.            

According to AFP, a militia spokesman said the group had a “high-value plan” to attack the third in line to the British throne in southern province Helmand, one of the toughest battlefields.             

The 27-year-old Apache helicopter pilot, who hit the headlines last month after he was photographed naked at a party in Las Vegas, will spend four months based at the heavily fortified Camp Bastion in Helmand.         

“Whoever fights in our country is our enemy and we will do everything possible to kill him,” said Mujahid.               

Britain says Harry’s squadron “will provide surveillance, deterrence and, when required, close combat attack capabilities as well as escort duties for other aircraft”.          

In 2008, the royal was hastily withdrawn from Afghanistan when a news blackout surrounding his deployment, on the ground directing aircraft in attacks on Taliban positions, was broken.            

This time, however, the military has released photographs and video of him in Afghanistan from the start.             

The Ministry of Defence said any risk “has been, and will continue to be, assessed”.