Nato, Trump and Afghanistan

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Trump 'wrong' to claim Nato troops avoided Afghanistan front line, Downing Street says
Donald Trump was "wrong" to diminish the role of Nato and British troops in Afghanistan, Downing Street has said, after the US president claimed allies stayed away from the front line.

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Trump praises U.K. troops after backlash over NATO front line remarks
Trump praises British troops after drawing outrage at comments downplaying NATO’s role in Afghanistan
Outrage across Europe after Trump says NATO avoided Afghan front line
U.S. President Donald Trump has sparked outrage across Europe after claiming that NATO allies shied away from the front line in Afghanistan.

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Trump criticized for downplaying NATO allies’ role in Afghan war
U.K.'s Keir Starmer and Prince Harry condemn Trump's NATO front line remarks
Meloni: Trump's NATO remarks on Afghanistan 'unacceptable'
Meloni stated that NATO had, in an "extraordinary act of solidarity towards the US," activated Article 5 of the NATO Treaty for the only time in its history following the Islamist terrorist attacks of...

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'Awful, despicable': Canadian veterans slam Trump's comments about NATO troops
Furious Rod Stewart Slams ‘Draft Dodger Trump’ for Insulting NATO Troops’ Bravery in Afghanistan: ‘We Lost Over 400 of Our Guys… and Trump Calls ‘Em Cowards — It’s Unbearable’

Trump says UK soldiers in Afghanistan 'among greatest warriors of all time'

The US president's praise follows his claim that allied forces avoided the front lines during the Afghanistan conflict.

Furious Rod Stewart Slams ‘Draft Dodger Trump’ for Insulting NATO Troops’ Bravery in Afghanistan: ‘We Lost Over 400 of Our Guys… and Trump Calls ‘Em Cowards — It ...

Rod Stewart has angrily come out against President Trump disparaging NATO troops, calling the president's remarks 'despicable' and 'disgraceful.'

Starmer Joins Other British Politicians in Anger Over Trump’s Afghanistan War Claim

President Trump said that NATO soldiers stayed “a little off the front lines” during the conflict. In Britain, which lost 457 soldiers in the war, the response was swift.

Prince Harry launches savage attack on Trump’s NATO lies

Prince Harry responded in forceful terms on Friday to President Donald Trump’s offensive, inaccurate and bewildering claims that non-American NATO troops didn’t step up in Afghanistan. Trump, in an interview with Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo,