SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Sunday that comments from US President Donald Trump lamenting the efforts of non-US troops in Afghanistan were “completely unacceptable.” Trump said in a Fox News interview that NATO sent “some troops” but “stayed a little back, a little off the front lines.” Trump appeared to be partially walking back his remarks on Saturday amid growing outrage from European and now Australian allies.

President again disparages allies and tells Fox News he is ‘not sure’ Nato would come to US’s defence

The US president said allied troops had "stayed a little back" during the war in Afghanistan.