Afghanistan war veterans demand apology from US
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 24 January 2026
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Anger is mounting over President Trump's comments about NATO troops' role in the Afghanistan war. Non-American veterans have demanded an apology, saying they fought alongside US soldiers on the front line. Also: the United States, Russia and Ukraine hold their first trilateral peace talks; the UN Human Rights Council approves an inquiry into Iran's protest crackdown; Alex Honnold postpones his controversial free solo skyscraper climb; and are you a grumbletonian -- consult the old dictionary of London slang.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.5 | This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:11.6 | I'm Will Chalk and in the early hours of Saturday, January the 24th, these are our main stories. |
| 0:18.0 | The White House has made its first comments since President Trump started |
| 0:21.7 | a row by saying NATO troops had stayed a little off the front lines during the war in Afghanistan. |
| 0:28.5 | The issue of territory takes centre stage at trilateral talks between Russia, Ukraine and the US |
| 0:34.2 | in Abu Dhabi. The UN urges Tehran to end brutal repression |
| 0:39.0 | after thousands were killed during anti-government protests. |
| 0:45.1 | Also in this podcast. |
| 0:47.0 | I'm going to be freestolling Taipei 101. |
| 0:49.3 | One of the tallest buildings in the world. |
| 0:51.2 | No ropes, no gear, just me in the building. |
| 0:55.6 | Rock climber Alex Honnold is about to go sky high, but not everyone's impressed. |
| 1:05.3 | Well, the angry reaction to Donald Trump's comments that NATO allies didn't pull their |
| 1:10.6 | way and stayed a little |
| 1:12.1 | off the front line during the war in Afghanistan doesn't seem to be dying down. The British |
| 1:17.1 | Prime Minister, Kirstama, normally treads carefully around the US president, but he called it |
| 1:22.1 | insulting and frankly appalling. Around a third of coalition soldiers who were killed during the Afghan conflict |
| 1:28.8 | were non-American. Mick Mulroy is a former US Marine who served in Afghanistan and Iraq |
| 1:35.4 | and was Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense during Donald Trump's first presidential term. |
| 1:41.0 | He thinks the U.S. should be grateful for the input of NATO allies during these conflicts. |
| 1:45.8 | I can say from firsthand that we saw not only the bravery and courage of our NATO allies, |
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