LONDON, 24 Jan. - (ANA) - Politicians from across Britain’s political spectrum condemned claims made by President Trump that NATO troops had stayed “a little off the front lines” during the war in Afghanistan.

 

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.

 

British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, other leading British politicians and Prince Harry on Friday condemned claims made by President Trump that NATO troops had stayed “a little off the front lines” during the war in Afghanistan.

 

Mr. Trump made the comments in an interview in Davos, Switzerland, with Fox Business, in which the president questioned whether other members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization would come to the aid of the United States if needed.

 

“We’ve never needed them,” Mr. Trump said. “We have never really asked anything of them. You know, they’ll say they sent some troops to Afghanistan or this or that. And they did. They stayed a little back, little off the front lines.”

 

His remarks were condemned by British veterans, former soldiers who lost limbs and families who lost loved ones.

 

Britain lost 457 soldiers during two decades of fighting in Afghanistan.   - (ANA) -

 

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