In Afghanistan, seven US troops were killed Monday in four separate attacks. It was the deadliest day for US forces in Afghanistan in nearly a year. Meanwhile, a Taliban militant group is claiming it has captured a US soldier who went missing last week. The militants didn’t provide any proof, but the US military has said it thinks the soldier was captured. Meanwhile, on Monday, President Obama unveiled a new agreement with the Russia government to grant overflight rights to US military shipments headed for Afghanistan.

President Obama: “I just want to thank again the Russian government for the agreement for military transit that will save US troops both time and money. And it’s, I think, a gesture that indicates the degree to which, in the future, Russian-US cooperation can be extraordinarily important in solving a whole host of these very important international issues.”