German defense minister urges Trump to apologize for Afghanistan remarks

BERLIN: German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has called on US President Donald Trump to apologize for remarks suggesting that America’s NATO allies in Afghanistan avoided frontline service, joining a chorus ​of criticism from European politicians and army veterans. Trump caused deep offense among US allies when he told Fox Business Network last week that the US had “never needed” the transatlantic alliance and accused allies of staying “a little off the front lines” in Afghanistan. “It’s just not right and it’s disrespectful to talk about the dead of your allies in that way.

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