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	==Death==		==Death==
	According to Afghan police, suspected Taliban terrorists forced ~~entry~~ into her house in Paktika on the night of 4 September 2013. They bound her husband and absconded with her. Her corpse was found early the next day on the outskirts of provincial capital [[Sharana, Afghanistan\|Sharana]]. The body had 20 bullet hole marks. Police surmised she might have been targeted for various reasons.<ref name="cnn deathnews"/><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/south-asia/sushmita-banerjee-was-shot-25-times-taliban-deny-responsibility_874583.html\|title=Sushmita Banerjee was killed for not wearing burqa?\|work=Zee News\|date=2013-09-06}}</ref> The Taliban denied involvement.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Indian diarist Sushmita Banerjee shot dead in Afghanistan\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-23968427\|newspaper=BBC News\|date=5 September 2013}}</ref> Later, a spokesman for a renegade Taliban militia group announced it had killed Banerjee because they believed she was "an Indian spy".<ref>Yousafzai, Sami and Moreau, Ron (14 September 2013) [http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/09/14/we-killed-sushmita-banerjee-says-renegade-taliban-militia.html ‘We Killed Sushmita Banerjee’ Says Renegade Taliban Militia] thedailybeast.com</ref>		According to Afghan police, suspected Taliban terrorists forced enters into her house in Paktika on the night of 4 September 2013. They bound her husband and absconded with her. Her corpse was found early the next day on the outskirts of provincial capital [[Sharana, Afghanistan\|Sharana]]. The body had 20 bullet hole marks. Police surmised she might have been targeted for various reasons.<ref name="cnn deathnews"/><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/south-asia/sushmita-banerjee-was-shot-25-times-taliban-deny-responsibility_874583.html\|title=Sushmita Banerjee was killed for not wearing burqa?\|work=Zee News\|date=2013-09-06}}</ref> The Taliban denied involvement.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Indian diarist Sushmita Banerjee shot dead in Afghanistan\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-23968427\|newspaper=BBC News\|date=5 September 2013}}</ref> Later, a spokesman for a renegade Taliban militia group announced it had killed Banerjee because they believed she was "an Indian spy".<ref>Yousafzai, Sami and Moreau, Ron (14 September 2013) [http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/09/14/we-killed-sushmita-banerjee-says-renegade-taliban-militia.html ‘We Killed Sushmita Banerjee’ Says Renegade Taliban Militia] thedailybeast.com</ref>

	==Books==		==Books==

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'''Sushmita Banerjee''', also known as '''Sushmita Bandhopadhyay''' and '''Sayeda Kamala'''<ref name="toi deathnews">{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Indian-author-Sushmita-Banerjee-executed-in-Afghanistan-by-Taliban/articleshow/22349517.cms|title=Indian author Sushmita Banerjee executed in Afghanistan by Taliban|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=5 September 2013|accessdate=5 September 2013}}</ref> (1963/1964 – 4/5 September 2013), was a writer and activist from India. Her works include the memoir ''Kabuliwalar Bangali Bou'' (''A Kabuliwala's Bengali Wife''; 1997)<ref name="rediff intv"/> based on her experience of marrying an [[Afghan people|Afghan]] and her time in Afghanistan during [[Taliban]] rule. The story was used as the basis for the [[Bollywood]] film ''[[Escape from Taliban]]''. She was killed at age 49 by suspected Taliban militants during the evening of 4 September or in the early morning hours of 5 September 2013, outside her home in [[Paktika Province|Paktika Province, Afghanistan]].<ref name="cnn deathnews">{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/05/world/asia/afghanistan-indian-author-killed/index.html?hpt=hp_t2|title=Afghan militants target, kill female author, police say| last1= Narayan|first1=Chandrika|last2=Popalzai|first2=Masoud|publisher=[[CNN]]|date=5 September 2013| accessdate=5 September 2013}}</ref>

==Life==
Sushmita Banerjee was born in [[Kolkata|Calcutta]] (present-day [[Kolkata, India]]) to a middle-class [[Bengali Brahmin]] family. Her father worked in the civil defense department and her mother was a homemaker. She was the only sister to her three brothers. She first met her future husband Janbaz Khan, an Afghan businessman, at a theatre rehearsal in Calcutta<ref>{{Cite news |title=Indian diarist Sushmita Banerjee 'had no fear'|journal=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-23984518|date=6 September 2013|accessdate=7 September 2013|last1=Biswas|first1=Soutik}}</ref> and married him on 2 July 1988.<ref name="rediff intv">{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/interview/exclusive-just-who-is-susmita-banerjee/20130905.htm|title=Exclusive: Knowing Sushmita Banerjee|date=5 September 2013|accessdate=5 September 2013| work=[[Rediff.com]]}}</ref> The marriage took place secretly in Kolkata, as she feared her parents would object. When her parents tried to get them divorced, she fled to Afghanistan with Khan.<ref name="rediff intv"/> She then discovered that her husband had a first wife, Gulguti. In her book, Gulguti is described as one of her brother-in-law's wives.<ref name="toi deathnews2">{{cite news|date=5 September 2013|title=Indian author Sushmita Banerjee executed in Afghanistan by Taliban|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Indian-author-Sushmita-Banerjee-executed-in-Afghanistan-by-Taliban/articleshow/22349517.cms|accessdate=5 September 2013}}</ref> Although shocked, she continued to live in Khan's ancestral house in Patiya village, with her three brothers-in-law, their wives, and children.<ref name="toi deathnews"/><ref name="rediff intv"/> Khan later returned to Kolkata to continue his business, but Banerjee could not return.<ref name="rediff intv"/>

Banerjee made two abortive attempts to flee Afghanistan. She was caught and held under house arrest. A [[fatwa]] was issued against her and she was scheduled to die on 22 July 1995.<ref name="rediff intv" /> With the help of the village headman, she finally fled.<ref name="rediff intv" /> She reached Kabul, and took a flight back to Kolkata on 12 August 1995.<ref name="rediff intv" />

She lived in India until 2013, and published several books. After returning to Afghanistan, she worked as a health worker in [[Paktika Province]] in southeastern Afghanistan, and began filming the lives of local women.<ref name="toi deathnews"/>

==Death==
According to Afghan police, suspected Taliban terrorists forced entry into her house in Paktika on the night of 4 September 2013. They bound her husband and absconded with her. Her corpse was found early the next day on the outskirts of provincial capital [[Sharana, Afghanistan|Sharana]]. The body had 20 bullet hole marks. Police surmised she might have been targeted for various reasons.<ref name="cnn deathnews"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/south-asia/sushmita-banerjee-was-shot-25-times-taliban-deny-responsibility_874583.html|title=Sushmita Banerjee was killed for not wearing burqa?|work=Zee News|date=2013-09-06}}</ref> The Taliban denied involvement.<ref>{{cite news|title=Indian diarist Sushmita Banerjee shot dead in Afghanistan|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-23968427|newspaper=BBC News|date=5 September 2013}}</ref> Later, a spokesman for a renegade Taliban militia group announced it had killed Banerjee because they believed she was "an Indian spy".<ref>Yousafzai, Sami and Moreau, Ron (14 September 2013) [http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/09/14/we-killed-sushmita-banerjee-says-renegade-taliban-militia.html ‘We Killed Sushmita Banerjee’ Says Renegade Taliban Militia] thedailybeast.com</ref>

==Books==
Sushmita Banerjee wrote ''Kabuliwalar Bangali Bou'' ("A Kabuliwala's Bengali Wife") in 1995.<ref name="cnn deathnews"/> In 2003, ''[[Escape from Taliban]]'', a [[Bollywood]] film, starring [[Manisha Koirala]] was made based on the book. She authored ''Talibani Atyachar—Deshe o Bideshe'' (Taliban atrocities in Afghanistan and Abroad), ''Mullah Omar, Taliban O Ami'' (Mullah Omar, Taliban and I) (2000), ''Ek Borno Mithya Noi'' (''Not a Word is a Lie'') (2001) and ''Sabhyatar Sesh Punyabani'' (The Swansong of Civilisation).<ref>{{cite news|last=Mitra|first=Sumit|title=On hostile tract : Tales of Taliban barbarism by Afghan's Bengali wife become a bestseller, being filmed|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/tales-of-taliban-barbarism-by-afghans-bengali-wife-become-a-bestseller-being-filmed/1/231484.html|newspaper=India Today|date=22 October 2001}}</ref><ref name="toi director">{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-05-15/kolkata/27135718_1_omar-s-taliban-taliban-leader-mullah-omar|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120629100427/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-05-15/kolkata/27135718_1_omar-s-taliban-taliban-leader-mullah-omar|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 June 2012|title=Kabuliwala's wife turns director|date=15 May 2002|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=5 September 2013}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://news.biharprabha.com/2013/09/the-biography-of-slain-writer-sushmita-banerjee Biography of Sushmita Banerjee]

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