Harry's 'Paki friend' revealed to be Taliban ambush hero who saved wounded colleagues

Agreed.

You got it wrong dude. You are comparing a street dimwit white calling someone on the street niga.

Harry's case was very much limited to an "army combat unit", where people live together and sometimes die together. That's where kala and gora are equal. They wear the same uniform, eat the same food, and live in the same quarters. There people have nicknames or short names and sometimes (in this case) limited scope use of an "offensive word".

For a comparison, do search on Prince Charles calling an Indian "sooty".

How many in India cared if Prince Charles called one of theirs "sooty"?