{"id":17682,"date":"2026-01-23T22:01:33","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T17:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/?p=17682"},"modified":"2026-01-23T22:01:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T17:01:33","slug":"starmer-blasts-trump-over-afghan-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/2026\/01\/23\/starmer-blasts-trump-over-afghan-c\/","title":{"rendered":"Starmer blasts Trump over Afghan comments"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><strong>Starmer blasts Trump over Afghan comments<\/strong><br \/>\nLabour Leader Calls Remarks \u201cInsulting and Appalling\u201d<\/h5>\n<p data-start=\"458\" data-end=\"481\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/@Keir_Starmer\" target=\"_blank\">Keir Starmer<\/a> has condemned former US President Donald Trump\u2019s claim that Nato allies did not properly fight alongside the United States in Afghanistan. In a recently released video clip, the Labour leader appeared visibly angry while addressing the remarks.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"777\" data-end=\"980\"><em data-start=\"777\" data-end=\"882\">&#8220;I will never forget their courage, their bravery, and the sacrifice that they made for their country<\/em><em>,&#8221;<\/em> Starmer said, paying tribute to the 457 UK service members who lost their lives in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"982\" data-end=\"1063\">He also acknowledged those injured, many of whom suffered life-changing wounds.<\/p>\n<h5 data-start=\"1065\" data-end=\"1275\"><strong data-start=\"1065\" data-end=\"1085\">Condemning Trump<\/strong><br data-start=\"1085\" data-end=\"1088\" \/>Starmer described Trump\u2019s comments as <em data-start=\"1126\" data-end=\"1163\">\u201cinsulting and, frankly, appalling\u201d<\/em>, emphasizing that they caused hurt not only to the families of the fallen and injured but across the country.<\/h5>\n<h5 data-start=\"1279\" data-end=\"1395\"><strong data-start=\"1279\" data-end=\"1294\">Pull Quote:<\/strong><br data-start=\"1294\" data-end=\"1297\" \/>\u201cI consider President Trump\u2019s remarks to be insulting and, frankly, appalling.\u201d \u2013 Keir Starmer<\/h5>\n<h5 data-start=\"1397\" data-end=\"1574\"><strong data-start=\"1397\" data-end=\"1416\">Public Reaction<\/strong><br data-start=\"1416\" data-end=\"1419\" \/>Starmer\u2019s strong words reflect sensitivity around the sacrifices of UK armed forces and underline ongoing respect for international military cooperation.<\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starmer blasts Trump over Afghan comments Labour Leader Calls Remarks \u201cInsulting and Appalling\u201d Keir Starmer has condemned former US President Donald Trump\u2019s claim that Nato allies did not properly fight alongside the United States in Afghanistan. In a recently released video clip, the Labour leader appeared visibly angry while addressing the remarks. &#8220;I will never [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":17683,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2297,2299],"tags":[3733,3734],"class_list":["post-17682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-world","tag-keir-starmer","tag-nato-allies"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17682"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17685,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17682\/revisions\/17685"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}