Afghanistan: Indian author Sushmita Banerjee shot dead outside her house

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New Delhi: Indian author Sushmita Banerjee, who wrote a popular memoir about her dramatic escape from the Taliban, was on Thursday shot dead in Afghanistan.

Married to an Afghan businessman, Sushmita was killed outside her home. The book about her dramatic escape in 1995 became a best-seller in India and was made into a Bollywood film in 2003.

Sushmita's brother-in-law was also murdered few years back in Kolkata.

Sushmita had recently moved back to Afghanistan to live with her husband. Sushmita became well-known in India for her memoir, 'A Kabuliwala's Bengali Wife', which recounted her life in Afghanistan with her husband Jaanbaz Khan and her escape.

She was the subject of the 2003 Bollywood film, "Escape From Taliban". Starring actress Manisha Koirala, the film described itself as a "story of a woman who dares Taliban".

Courtesy: CNN IBN