France pays tribute to fallen soldiers in Afghanistan after Trump’s false NATO troops claim

A senior French Defence Ministry official on Monday laid a wreath at a monument in Paris dedicated to the 90 French soldiers who died in Afghanistan while serving in a NATO mission that began after the September 11, 2001, attacks. It came days after President Donald Trump’s assertion that non-US troops avoided the front line, sparking outrage in other NATO member states.  A senior French Defence Ministry official on Monday laid a wreath at a monument in Paris dedicated to the 90 French soldiers who died in Afghanistan while serving in a NATO mission that began after the September 11, 2001, attacks. It came days after President Donald Trump’s assertion that non-US troops avoided the front line, sparking outrage in other NATO member states.   France 24 – International breaking news, top stories and headlines