‘If you haven’t served, respect those who have’: Nato soldiers on Trump’s slurs

Paweł Mateńczuk, a Polish soldier with Nato in Afghanistan, said Trump should apologise to families of veterans, particularly those who died. ‘If anyone is owed an apology, it’s them,’ he said. Photograph: Paweł “Naval” Mateńczuk

It was shortly before dawn and Bruce Moncur was eating breakfast when the American warplane roared overhead.

The 22-year-old reservist had been stationed in Afghanistan for three weeks when the A-10 Warthog strafed the camp west of Kandahar City where and he and 30 other Canadian soldiers had spent the night.