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Prince Harry and the British Prime Minister slammed President Donald Trump after he falsely claimed that NATO allies were "a little off the front lines" in Afghanistan.
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The UK was among several allies to join the US in Afghanistan from 2001, after it invoked Nato's collective security clause following the 9/11 terror attacks.
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Prince Harry, who served in the war in Afghanistan, said the "sacrifices" of British soldiers during the conflict there "deserve to be spoken about truthfully and with respect" — a rebuke of President Donald Trump's comments about NATO soldiers
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President Trump said that NATO soldiers stayed "a little off the front lines" during the conflict. In Britain, which lost 457 soldiers in the war, the response was swift.
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