US EditionUK’s Starmer slams Trump’s claim that NATO allies avoided Afghanistan frontline as ‘insulting’
Starmer condemned Trump’s claim that NATO troops stayed off Afghanistan front lines, highlighting 457 British deaths and calling remarks insulting to veterans and families.
- In a Davos interview, Donald Trump said `They'll say they sent some troops to Afghanistan... and they did, they stayed a little back, a little off the front lines`, prompting criticism from Keir Starmer's spokesman and Calvin Bailey.
- Donald Trump has repeatedly questioned NATO's reliability, saying `I've always said, will they be there if we ever needed them and that's really the ultimate test and I'm not sure of that.` during a Fox News interview in Davos, Switzerland.
- Official figures show 457 British service personnel died and allied deaths totalled 1,160, with Yvette Cooper saying `British & NATO troops fought side by side with our American friends in Afghanistan. To suggest otherwise is just wrong`.
- The comments triggered a backlash across the U.K. political spectrum, with Stephen Kinnock saying Keir Starmer will raise the issue with Trump, while analysts warned this risks further rupturing transatlantic ties.
- The episode feeds debate over NATO's future, as America remains the only member to have invoked Article 5 after September 11, 2001, raising questions about the NATO alliance's cohesion.
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UK slams Trump for saying NATO troops avoided Afghan front line
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer Friday denounced as "insulting" President Donald Trump's claim that troops from NATO allies avoided the front line in Afghanistan, as anger grows at the US president's remarks. In an interview with Fox News aired on Thursday, Trump appeared unaware that 457 British soldiers were among NATO troops who died during the conflict in Afghanistan following the 11 September 2001 attacks on the United States. "They'll say t…
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