The United States has pledged to aid Nigeria’s search for nearly 300 missing schoolgirls just as militants have carried out a new kidnapping. The Obama administration will send a team of experts including military officers to help the Nigerian government track down the girls, who were kidnapped from their hostel last month. In an interview with NBC, President Obama said the United States will do all it can to help.

President Obama: “We’ve always identified [the Boko Haram] as one of the worst local or regional terrorist organizations there is out there. But I can only imagine what the parents are going through. So what we’ve done is, we have offered — and it’s been accepted — help from our military and law enforcement officials. We’re going to do everything we can to provide assistance to them.”