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30 Years Before The Diplomat, 22 Years Before Uzma Ahmed: How An Indian Woman Escaped The Taliban
Many years before The Diplomat and Uzma Ahmed's escape from Pakistan to India, an Indian woman escaped the Taliban and came back to India
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Taliban claims responsibility for killing Indian author Sushmita Banerjee
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".
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Sushmita Banerjee's murder was plotted in Pakistan, say sources
Three militants from Pakistani Taliban were involved in the killing of Indian author Sushmita Banerjee in Afghanistan's Paktika province last week, the interrogation of the people arrested in the case has revealed.
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Sushmita Banerjee murder case: Four more detained in Afghanistan
Four more persons were detained today on suspicion of involvement in the murder of Indian writer Sushmita Banerjee, sources said.
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Murdered author Sushmita Banerjee was planning to return to India, says friend
In a fresh twist, a friend of murdered author Sushmita Banerjee today claimed the latter was under mental trauma over marital problems and planned to return to India on September 6, but was killed a day before. Ms Banerjee's family said there were "loopholes" in the claims.
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Why did you write nasty things, Taliban militants reportedly asked Sushmita Banerjee before killing her
The militants who barged into the Afghan home of Indian author Sushmita Banerjee and later shot her asked her why she wrote nasty things about them, the victim's in-laws told her Kolkata-based relatives on Saturday.
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Kolkata mourns the death of its brave daughter Sushmita Banerjee
The brutal murder of Sushmita Banerjee in Afghanistan has left people in Kolkata asking just one question: why did she go back, knowing that she may incur the wrath of the Taliban? Of course, her Afghan husband was there, they say. But given the political climate, wasn't the author of A Kabuliwalah's Bengali Wife taking a huge risk? She didn't thin...
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Taliban deny role in Indian author Sushmita Banerjee's killing
The Taliban today denied shooting dead Indian writer Sushmita Banerjee, whose murder Afghan officials blamed on the insurgent militia fighting against the government for 12 years.
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Sushmita Banerjee was daring, outspoken, says Escape From Taliban director
Expressing shock over the killing of Indian author Sushmita Banerjee by suspected Taliban militants in Afghanistan, filmmaker Ujjwal Chatterjee on Friday remembered Banerjee as a "daring" and "outspoken" woman.
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Sushmita Banerjee, Indian author killed in Afghanistan, ignored friends' pleas
Friends and family of Sushmita Banerjee, an Indian writer executed by suspected Taliban militants, have said she insisted on returning to Afghanistan despite fears that her life could be in danger.
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India to take up writer Sushmita Banerjee's killing with Kabul
India will take up with Kabul the killing of Indian author Sushmita Banerjee by suspected Taliban militants in Afghanistan, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Rajeev Shukla said on Friday.
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Sushmita Banerjee: The woman who had said, 'The way I fought against Taliban, every woman should too'
"The way I fought against Taliban, every girl, every woman should fight too" - Indian author Sushmita Banerjee had uttered these words nearly a decade ago. The writer, famous for her memoir about her dramatic escape from the Taliban, was shot dead in Afghanistan by suspected Taliban men.
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Indian author Sushmita Banerjee shot dead in Afghanistan
Sushmita Banerjee, an Indian author who wrote a book 18 years ago about her dramatic escape from the Taliban, has been shot dead outside her home in Afghanistan, according to a BBC report.
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30 Years Before The Diplomat, 22 Years Before Uzma Ahmed: How An Indian Woman Escaped The Taliban
Many years before The Diplomat and Uzma Ahmed's escape from Pakistan to India, an Indian woman escaped the Taliban and came back to India
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Taliban claims responsibility for killing Indian author Sushmita Banerjee
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".
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Sushmita Banerjee's murder was plotted in Pakistan, say sources
Three militants from Pakistani Taliban were involved in the killing of Indian author Sushmita Banerjee in Afghanistan's Paktika province last week, the interrogation of the people arrested in the case has revealed.
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Sushmita Banerjee murder case: Four more detained in Afghanistan
Four more persons were detained today on suspicion of involvement in the murder of Indian writer Sushmita Banerjee, sources said.
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Murdered author Sushmita Banerjee was planning to return to India, says friend
In a fresh twist, a friend of murdered author Sushmita Banerjee today claimed the latter was under mental trauma over marital problems and planned to return to India on September 6, but was killed a day before. Ms Banerjee's family said there were "loopholes" in the claims.
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Why did you write nasty things, Taliban militants reportedly asked Sushmita Banerjee before killing her
The militants who barged into the Afghan home of Indian author Sushmita Banerjee and later shot her asked her why she wrote nasty things about them, the victim's in-laws told her Kolkata-based relatives on Saturday.
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Kolkata mourns the death of its brave daughter Sushmita Banerjee
The brutal murder of Sushmita Banerjee in Afghanistan has left people in Kolkata asking just one question: why did she go back, knowing that she may incur the wrath of the Taliban? Of course, her Afghan husband was there, they say. But given the political climate, wasn't the author of A Kabuliwalah's Bengali Wife taking a huge risk? She didn't thin...
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Taliban deny role in Indian author Sushmita Banerjee's killing
The Taliban today denied shooting dead Indian writer Sushmita Banerjee, whose murder Afghan officials blamed on the insurgent militia fighting against the government for 12 years.
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Sushmita Banerjee was daring, outspoken, says Escape From Taliban director
Expressing shock over the killing of Indian author Sushmita Banerjee by suspected Taliban militants in Afghanistan, filmmaker Ujjwal Chatterjee on Friday remembered Banerjee as a "daring" and "outspoken" woman.
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Sushmita Banerjee, Indian author killed in Afghanistan, ignored friends' pleas
Friends and family of Sushmita Banerjee, an Indian writer executed by suspected Taliban militants, have said she insisted on returning to Afghanistan despite fears that her life could be in danger.
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India to take up writer Sushmita Banerjee's killing with Kabul
India will take up with Kabul the killing of Indian author Sushmita Banerjee by suspected Taliban militants in Afghanistan, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Rajeev Shukla said on Friday.
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Sushmita Banerjee: The woman who had said, 'The way I fought against Taliban, every woman should too'
"The way I fought against Taliban, every girl, every woman should fight too" - Indian author Sushmita Banerjee had uttered these words nearly a decade ago. The writer, famous for her memoir about her dramatic escape from the Taliban, was shot dead in Afghanistan by suspected Taliban men.
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Indian author Sushmita Banerjee shot dead in Afghanistan
Sushmita Banerjee, an Indian author who wrote a book 18 years ago about her dramatic escape from the Taliban, has been shot dead outside her home in Afghanistan, according to a BBC report.
