The coffin containing Joseph David Windall of the British Royal Marines arrived at a base in Scotland on September 12, 2006 after he was one of 14 British servicemen killed in Afghanistan in an air crash

The coffin containing Joseph David Windall of the British Royal Marines arrived at a base in Scotland on September 12, 2006 after he was one of 14 British servicemen killed in Afghanistan in an air crash

Britain said Donald Trump was "wrong to diminish" the role of NATO troops in Afghanistan, as a claim by the US president that they did not fight on the front line sparked outrage.

In an interview with Fox News aired on Thursday, Trump appeared unaware that 457 British soldiers died during the conflict in the South Asian country following the September 11 attacks on the United States.

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