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

Dozens were killed and hundreds homes destroyed, according to the country's disaster management authority, in storms impacting 15 of Afghanistan's 34 provinces.

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

Dennis Coyle, 64, was abducted from his Kabul apartment last year and has been held in near-solitary confinement by the Taliban.

BERLIN, Jan 26 (Reuters) - German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius has called on U.S. President Donald Trump to apologise for remarks suggesting that America's NATO allies in Afghanistan avoided frontline service,

The Duke of Sussex challenges President Trump's claims about NATO allies in Afghanistan, citing Article 5 response and 457 UK military deaths in a powerful statement.