European veterans, families of the fallen, and politicians are voicing outrage over Trump's claim NATO allies stayed behind the front lines in Afghanistan.

Italian PM Giorgia Meloni calls Trump's NATO comments about Afghanistan "unacceptable," defending Italy's sacrifice of 53 soldiers killed in the conflict.

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.

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

The Taliban and Afghanistan’s neighbors are not able to stabilize the country. Only US influence can provide the right carrots and sticks.

US President Donald Trump has once again questioned whether NATO allies would “be there” if the United States “ever needed them,” claiming that the alliance’s troops “stayed a little back” from the frontlines in Afghanistan.

From left: First Lady Laura Bush, U.S. President George W. Bush, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Ronald E. Neumann, and Afghan President Hamid Karzai attend the ribbon-cutting ceremony at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul ...

WASHINGTON — The images from Kabul, Afghanistan have been stunning over the last 72 hours. From Afghans clinging to airplanes on tarmacs to women being forced to adapt to life under Taliban rule, the events have impacted the entire global community.