AFGHAN warlords will step up attempts to assassinate Prince Harry over claims he killed a senior Taliban commander, it was feared last night.There was already a £250,000 bounty on his head and a Western intelligence source said: "There is no doubt that chatter between jihadists in Afghanistan will increase in relation to intensifying attempts to harm the Prince."
The prince was reported to have fired a missile from his Apache helicopter, killing a Taliban chief in Helmand province.
But a senior defence source said: "He is part of a team that is taking part in extremely hazardous operations on a daily basis and anybody can come to the conclusion that he will have been engaged in operations that result in the deaths of insurgents. But to say that he personally did this is inaccurate."
Harry, 28, finishes a three-month tour in Helmand
province in January.