A convoy of Royal Marine Commandos makes its way through the Afghan countryside in 2002 as the troops commence Operation Snipe in the Afghan war.Royal Navy/Getty Images

NATO allies fire back at Trump for dismissing sacrifices in Afghan war – POLITICO

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America’s NATO allies slammed U.S. President Donald Trump’s suggestion that allied forces stayed “a little off the front lines” in the war in Afghanistan.

“We’ve never needed them … they’ll say they sent some troops to Afghanistan,” Trump said in an interview with Fox News in Davos on Thursday, referring to NATO allies. “And they did — they stayed a little back, a little off the front lines.”

The remarks prompted European leaders and veterans to point to frontline deployments and heavy casualties alongside U.S. forces in Afghanistan.