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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Jane Dalton

Trump’s swipe at Nato soldiers in Afghanistan angers veterans and families

British soldiers of the 1st batallion of the Royal Welsh patrol in the streets of Showal in Nad-e-Ali district, Southern Afghanistan, in Helmand province - (AFP via Getty Images)

US president Donald Trump has provoked anger among British politicians and veteran fighters by claiming Nato soldiers avoided the front lines in the war in Afghanistan.

Over 1,100 non-US coalition fighters died in the conflict that began in 2001, according to veteran charity Help for Heroes, the overwhelming majority of them being Nato countries, while more than 2,300 members of the US armed forces were killed.

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