[News] Woman pleads for mercy as she is lashed 40 times by the Taliban ‘as punishment for talking to a man on the phone’ (

An Afghan woman has been lashed 40 times by the Taliban after she was reportedly caught speaking to a man on the phone.

Footage shared online shows the woman being led into a ground where the punishment was handed down by three tribal elders in front of dozens of male spectators.

While being lashed, the woman was heard pleading for mercy.

‘I repent, it’s my fault, I messed up,’ the woman cries as she writhes under her burqa.