Afghanistan: Indian Embassy issues warning after Sushmita's murder

September 06, 2013 09:37

The Indian Embassy in Kabul has issued a general warning to all Indians settled in Afghanistan after Indian author Sushmita Banerjee was shot dead on Thursday.

"According to family wishes, the writer has been buried in Afghanistan as she was married and settled there. The embassy has issued a general warning to the Indians settled here."

The police said Banerjee was shot dead by suspected terrorists outside her home in Paktika province. Her brother-in-law was also murdered a few years back in Kolkata.

She had written a popular memoir about her escape from the Taliban. The book about her dramatic escape in 1995 became a best-seller in India and was made into a Bollywood film in 2003 'Escape From Taliban'.

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