A Kabul professor tore up his diplomas on live television in Afghanistan to protest that the Taliban are now banning women from higher education, CNN reports..

A man named Ismail Mashal is the founder of the private Mashal University in Kabul, as well as a lecturer at Kabul University..

With tears in his eyes and with a trembling voice, he tore up the diplomas during an appearance on Tolo News on Monday.

“From today, I don’t need these diplomas anymore, because there is no place to study in this country. If my sister and my mother cannot study, then I do not accept this education,” he said..

He added that the diplomas were his master's and doctoral degrees and that they were their originals..

The clip of Ismail's speech has since gone viral and was retweeted by Shabnam Nasimi, a former political adviser to the Minister for Resettlement in Afghanistan and the Minister for Refugees working in the UK..

Astonishing scenes as a Kabul university professor destroys his diplomas on live TV in Afghanistan —“From today I don’t need these diplomas anymore because this country is no place for an education. If my sister \u0026 my mother can't study, then I DON'T accept this education. pic. twitter. com/cTZrpmAuL6.

— Shabnam Nasimi (@NasimiShabnam) December 27, 2022.

“Amazing scenes when a professor from Kabul University destroys his diplomas live on television in Afghanistan,” Nasimi wrote on Twitter in the introduction to the video.

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On December 20, the Taliban announced the end of university education for all female students.. A few days later, the Taliban also imposed a ban on the work of women in international organizations..