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Trump remarks on NATO in Afghanistan spark backlash from Paris to Canberra

NATO soldiers walk in front of a damaged NATO military vehicle at the site of a suicide car bomb blast in Kabul, Afghanistan, 11 October 2015. ©REUTERS/Ahmad Masood

Australia has joined a growing chorus of anger – from France, the UK and Denmark, among others – over comments by US President Donald Trump suggesting NATO allies had stayed 'a little bit off the front lines' during the war in Afghanistan.

Trumps's remarks before the weekend have drawn sharp rebukes from European partners and forced a partial retreat from the White House.

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