The mother of a Scottish soldier killed in Afghanistan has described Donald Trump's claim that allies stayed away from the front line as "soul-destroying". Sean Binnie was a 22-year-old acting sergeant when he was killed while on patrol with the Black Watch in Helmand Province in May 2009.

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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.

Downing Street says Donald Trump was "wrong" to diminish the role of NATO and British troops in Afghanistan - and the mother of a veteran who suffered horrific injuries condemns the US president's comments as "the ultimate insult".

Mark Rutte, Nato’s secretary general, has confronted Donald Trump by reminding him that Nato countries lost one soldier for every two Americans killed in Afghanistan.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte confronted Donald Trump very sharply, face to face, reminding the U.S. president how many Europeans died defending Americans in Afghanistan.

After September 11, Denmark fought alongside its ally. The families of fallen soldiers have a message for Trump.

Details of any agreement were unclear and Denmark insisted its sovereignty over the island was not up for discussion.