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‘Great and very brave soldiers of UK’: Donald Trump’s U-turn after comment on NATO troops in Afghanistan

January 24, 2026 11:32 pm

Earlier this week, Trump had claimed that NATO allies avoided the front lines during the war in Afghanistan.

‘Insulting and appalling’: Keir Starmer seeks Donald Trump’s apology over NATO troops comment

January 23, 2026 11:05 pm

At the height of the conflict between 2010 and 2012, more than 130,000 international troops were on the ground in Afghanistan.

Donald Trump wants to test NATO by invoking Article 5, deploying troops at US-Mexico border

January 23, 2026 9:08 pm

The only time Article 5 was invoked was following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States.

NATO chief warns against rapid troop withdrawal from Afghanistan

November 17, 2020 10:41 pm

“The price for leaving too soon or in an uncoordinated way could be very high,” Stoltenberg said in a statement.

Afghanistan in shock after death of powerful police commander General Abdul Razeq

October 19, 2018 1:26 pm

Last year, the United Nations Committee against Torture cited "numerous and credible allegations" that Razeq was complicit in severe human rights abuses, including extrajudicial killings and secret detention centres.

Afghanistan gets 'mini-Pentagon' as troops struggle

June 12, 2015 1:42 pm

The number of Afghan forces killed and wounded in action increased by 63 percent from the start of the year until early May

More than 60 workers clearing mines kidnapped in Afghanistan's Herat province

January 21, 2014 9:13 pm

The emerging situation resulting from the downgrading of security is a worrying sign for the traditionally rich and stable province of Herat.

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