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Here are 10 key reasons experts say U.S. support for Ukraine should be continued: 1. Putin's aggression must be stopped. 2. Putin's atrocities need a response. 3. Russia is targeting evangelical Christians for persecution. 4. Ukraine wants only to regain its sovereign territory. 5. Russia has not "won" the war. 6. Russia is rearming for a larger war. 7. Most Ukraine aid goes to U.S. contractors. 8. Europe fears a coming attack on NATO. 9. Support for Ukraine signals to China: Do not invade Taiwan. 10. Give Ukraine aid to let Trump bring peace.

VIDEORemember the much vaunted Spring Offensive in the Ukraine last year? Whenever you have a much hyped Spring Offensive broadcast in advance you already know it is doomed since you have given warning to the enemy to prepare for it which is exactly what happened in 2023 when a fully prepared Russia not only halted the Spring Offensive but pushed back as well. And now you have to get very very nervous because a German is calling for a Fall Blau II. What? The Germans haven't learned their lesson from the first Fall Blau 82 years ago? And now they...

This is the FULL Summary / SITREP of Day 465-466's development in the Ukraine-Russia war as we start off the day in the morning (ukraine time) of Day 467 of Russian's "Special Military Operation" against Ukraine.

Top Secret documents detailing the state of readiness of Ukraine’s forces as well as detailed planning information around equipment inflow, weather, ammunition expenditure, training and much more have been circulating on Telegram and Twitter. The documents titled "Russia / Ukraine | Status of the Conflict as of 1 Mar" appears to be a daily briefing document with a classification higher than top secret, giving clues to the sources of the information within it, and a caveat of "NOFORN," which means No Foreign Dissemination, so for US eyes only. Some of the pages have lesser classifications and are designed for release...

Excerpt - Khost, 3 April (AKI) - Legendary Afghan mujahadeen leader and one of America's most wanted men, Jalaluddin Haqqani, has broken years of silence to launch the Taliban's spring offensive in a video message received by Adnkronos International (AKI). In the 25-minute message, Haqqani called on the Afghan people to "stand up against the US-led forces in Afghanistan and drive them out." Haqqani's hair is dyed red with henna and he speaks in his trademark low-pitched voice. His message is accompanied by a jihadist song in Pashtu. In the video, Haqqani pledges his allegiance to fugitive Taliban leader Mullah...

WASHINGTON, Jan 9 (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates will consider a proposal to send some 3,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan to thwart any spring offensive by Taliban militants, the Pentagon said on Wednesday. "He will take it and consider it thoroughly before approving it," Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell said. The troops would be provided by the U.S. Marine Corps, he said.

The Taleban in Afghanistan are changing their tactics to mount more attacks on the capital, Kabul, a spokesman for the militant group has told the BBC. The spokesman, Zabiyullah Mujahed, said Taleban were recovering after Nato had infiltrated the group and killed some of its leaders. But more people were volunteering to carry out suicide bombings, he said. A police bus in Kabul was bombed on Sunday killing up to 35 people, in the deadliest attack there since 2001. Mr Mujahed said the city was the next main target of the Taleban. "It is true we are increasing our...

THE Taliban have deployed 10,000 fighters for a spring offensive of "bloody attacks" against foreign troops in Afghanistan, a rebel commander said today. More than 4000 people, a quarter of them civilians, were killed in fighting last year, the most violent year since the Taliban were ousted in 2001. NATO commanders and analysts warn this year could be just as bad or worse. As the harsh winter snows melt, the insurgents have resumed their attacks, mostly in the south, where they have captured a major town and have threatened a key hydroelectric dam. Mullah Abdul Rahim, the Taliban's operational commander...

Kabul - Nato-led troops and Afghan forces detained a prominent Taliban commander during a raid on a compound in southern Afghanistan, the alliance said on Wednesday. The commander, whom Nato did not name, was captured in the Gereshk district of Helmand province late on Tuesday and is the first Taliban leader captured by Nato-led and Afghan troops, Nato said in a statement. "This seizure of a Taliban commander, once again shows that there is nowhere to hide for insurgent leaders" said Nato spokesperson Squadron Leader Dave Marsh. The captured militant, who had fled a recent offensive by Afghan and Nato...

There's hardly a reporter in the land who, late at night after the presses have rolled on a story that is then too late to change, hasn't had that terrible feeling of doubt that maybe he has gotten something wrong. We have encountered seasoned newspapermen and women who have gone to bed with that feeling every time they've written through long careers. And we're not inclined to get up on our high horse over the error of Michael Isikoff and Newsweek in respect of the magazine's May 9 report that some American interrogators at Guantanamo Bay flushed pages of the...

One of the Taliban's most senior and charismatic commanders has become a key negotiator as more and more members of the Islamic militia in Afghanistan give up the fight against the Americans. The commander, Abdul Salam, earned the nickname Mullah Rockety because he was so accurate with rocket propelled grenades against Russian troops. He later joined the Taliban as a corps commander in Jalalabad before being captured by the Americans after September 11. Now he is a supporter of President Hamid Karzai and is tempting diehard Taliban fighters to accept an amnesty offer and reconcile themselves to Afghanistan's first directly...

KABUL, Afghanistan - The U.S. military pulled back Saturday from an earlier prediction that Osama bin Laden (news - web sites) would be captured this year, even while preparing its largest force to date for operations along the Pakistani border where the al-Qaida chief is suspected to be hiding. Catching bin Laden and other top fugitives remains a priority of the expanding American operation in Afghanistan (news - web sites), a spokesman said, but the growing mission is "not about just one or two people," a spokesman said. "We remain committed to catching these guys. It's pretty much ... just...

KARACHI - After the Pakistani army's failure in its recent operation in the South Waziristan tribal area to deal a significant blow to foreign resistance fighters poised for action in Afghanistan, Pakistan and the United States have concluded that they have no alternative other than to undertake "mission impossible": the capture of the "Shawal" base that straddles the border. To date, US-led forces have respected the Durand Line that separates Afghanistan and Pakistan, waiting for Pakistani forces to drive foreign militants, Afghan resistance fighters and Taliban into their hands from across the border in a "hammer and anvil" approach. This...

Asia Pacific News » A blindfolded suspected al-Qaeda supporter sits in a truck during a military operation in Wana Time is GMT + 8 hoursPosted: 08 April 2004 0342 hrs Pakistan, US-led Afghan forces gather on border for fresh Al-Qaeda offensive Related News » • Pakistan says US forces on Al-Qaeda trail would not cope in tribal areas • US envoy gives Pakistan ultimatum to tackle extremists on Afghan border • Europeans zero in on suspected Moroccan, Pakistani terror links more>> MIRANSHAH, Pakistan : Pakistan and US-led Afghan forces were positioning hundreds of troops for a new operation to...

WASHINGTON, March 25 (Reuters) - The United States has placed about 2,000 Marines with special operations training aboard Navy ships in the Gulf, poised for use in Afghanistan, where the hunt for al Qaeda and Taliban fugitives is intensifying, defense officials said on Thursday. U.S. commanders have not yet decided how many of the Marines deployed with the seven-vessel naval Expeditionary Strike Group, led by the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp, will be sent into Afghanistan, officials said. The Marines are from Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. The Wasp strike group, carrying 2,000 to 2,200 Marines from the 22nd Marine Expeditionary...

AP Exclusive: U.S. forces set up base in Afghan mountains for al-Qaida hunt ON THE AFGHAN BORDER (AP ) -- Using bulldozers to slice bunkers and a helicopter landing pad out of a mountainside, U.S. special operations forces dug in on a peak overlooking Pakistan - fortifying the area for the intensifying battle against al-Qaida and Taliban forces. Special operations forces - including the Army's Green Berets, the Navy SEALs, and CIA operatives - are playing a secretive but leading role in the battle against al-Qaida and Taliban suspects believed to be hiding out in the mountains of Pakistan's...

ON THE AFGHAN BORDER - Using bulldozers to slice bunkers and a helicopter landing pad out of a mountainside, U.S. special operations forces dug in Tuesday on a peak overlooking Pakistan - fortifying the area for the intensifying battle against al-Qaida and Taliban forces. Special operations forces - who include Green Berets, Navy SEALs, and CIA operatives - are playing a secretive but leading role in the battle against al-Qaida and Taliban suspects believed to be hiding out in the mountains of Pakistan's tribal areas. Remote posts like this one near the Afghan city of Orgun, scratched out of a...

<p>ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- Pakistani forces have surrounded an estimated 200 fighters they suspect are protecting a "high-value" al Qaeda leader near the Afghanistan border, and are asking them to "surrender immediately," sources told CNN.</p> <p>Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said he suspects the fighters are protecting al Qaeda's second in command, Ayman al-Zawahiri.</p>

<p>Task Force 121, the secret manhunting unit formed for the war on terrorism, is a blend of warriors, aviators, CIA officers and deep-cover intelligence collectors who nabbed Saddam Hussein and now hope to grab Osama bin Laden.</p> <p>"This is tightening the sensor-to-shooter loop," said a senior defense official. "You have your own intelligence right with the guys who do the shooting and grabbing. All the information under one roof."</p>

KABUL: US-led forces have launched a sweeping new hunt in Afghanistan’s remote southern and eastern mountains where Taliban and Al Qaeda fighters, including Osama Bin Laden, are believed to be in hiding. The operation, codenamed “Mountain Storm”, began on March 7 and involved troops from the 13,500-strong US-led force backed by air support, US military spokesman Lt Col Bryan Hilferty told a news briefing on Saturday. “We believe that this will help bring the heads of the terrorist organisations to justice by continuing to place pressure on them,” he said. Asked whether the operation could lead to the arrest of...