On Friday, Afghanistan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ghulam Isaczai told the UN Security Council that the scale and scope of the ongoing Taliban* offensive in the country "are akin to an invasion unparalleled in the last 30 years of the conflict".

Taliban militants have been captured on videos appearing to show them riding in US-made Humvee vehicles after seizing the city of Zaranj, the capital of Afghanistan's southwestern Nimroz Province.

In the videos shared on social media, the insurgents are seen parading in the captured Humvees, with the terrorist group's flags spotted being installed on the rooftop of the military vehicles.