Residents said about 10 air strikes were launched on the ministry building in the north of the capital

Country announces a modest 7.9 percent increase in defence spending for fiscal year starting April 1

Residents said local Taliban militants have been offering voters Rs500 to opt out of the election.

"I think the ladies will be impressed by my style sense," Obama said.

Residents said it was not clear why the 50-year-old, was near the security fence that runs between Israel and Gaza.

Palestinian ambassador's daughter thinks that her father's death was "not an accident."

There are concerns that Taliban might refuse to talk to him at all.