A Bolivian Air Force Hercules cargo plane transporting new banknotes from the Central Bank crashed near La Paz, killing at least 15 people and damaging around a dozen vehicles on a highway in the city of El Alto. Bills scattered across the crash site drew crowds attempting to collect the money while police in riot gear tried to disperse them

Cross-border tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan escalated sharply on Friday as Islamabad carried out airstrikes in Kabul, Kandahar, and Paktia, with Pakistan`s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif declaring "open war" against the Taliban-led administration. Afghanistan condemned the strikes as cowardly and claimed 55 Pakistani soldiers were killed