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Escape From Taliban: the review

When I met Sushmita Banerjee

Rediff.com's Ronjita Kulkarni recalls her meeting with the author who was slain by the Taliban on Thursday.

Terrorists Gun for Bollywood Folk

Mani Ratnam, Shekhar Suman on terrorists' hit list

Susmita Banerjee on Escape From Taleban

Old guard strikes back

Taliban group claims responsibility for killing Indian author

In a new twist, a renegade Taliban militia, the Suicide Group of the Islamic Movement of Afghanistan, has taken responsibility for killing Indian author Sushmita Banerjee, claiming she was an "Indian spy".

Exclusive: Knowing Sushmita Banerjee

The Indian author had made a dramatic escape from the Taliban in 1995. She was the subject of a 2003 film called Escape From Taliban, starring Manisha Koirala.

Indian author Sushmita Banerjee shot dead in Afghanistan

Indian national Sushmita Banerjee, whose memoir about her dramatic escape from the Taliban was turned into a Bollywood film, was shot dead in Afghanistan by militants, police said on Thursday.

'We told Sushmita not to return to Afghanistan'

Family members of author Sushmita Banerjee, who was shot dead by masked gunmen in Afghanistan, on Friday claimed that they had asked her not to return to the troubled country, but she did not listen insisting that the situation had changed there.