Indian national and author Sushmita Banerjee whose memoir —Kabuliwalar Bangali Bou (A Kabuliwala’s Bengali Wife) — about her dramatic escape from the Taliban in 1995 was turned into a Bollywood film — Escape From Taliban — was shot dead on Thursday.
Banerjee, 49, was killed outside her home in Paktika province. She was married to Afghan businessman Jaanbaz Khan and recently moved back to Afghanistan to live with him. Taliban militants arrived at her home, tied up her husband and other family members, took Banerjee out and shot her, police were quoted as saying by BBC. Banerjee’s body was dumped near a religious school, police said.
A senior police official added that Banerjee, also known as Sayed Kamala, was working as a health worker in Paktika and had been filming the lives of local women as part of her work. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
