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Prince Harry says sacrifices of British troops in Afghanistan deserve 'respect' after Trump comments

Prince Harry condemned Donald Trump's claim that NATO troops avoided frontline combat in Afghanistan, highlighting the 457 British military deaths and urging respect for their sacrifices.

  • Prince Harry issued a statement rebuking US President Donald Trump's Afghanistan comments, stressing British troops' sacrifices deserve to be spoken about truthfully and with respect.
  • In a Fox News interview, Mr Trump said allied forces "stayed a little back, a little off the front lines," and noted NATO invoked Article 5 for the first and only time in 2001.
  • Britain lost 457 service personnel killed, with thousands of lives changed forever as bereaved families and military-injured personnel carry the cost.
  • The Prime Minister demanded an apology from Trump as ex-servicemen and military families expressed anger, amplifying calls for the president to apologise for his remarks.
  • The Duke of Sussex served two frontline tours as an Army Air Corps co-pilot gunner and said, `I made lifelong friends there.
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