Indian diarist, Sushmita Banerjee, 49, who wrote a memoir about her dramatic escape from the Taliban, was shot dead by militants outside her home in Paktika province. Banerjee's 1995 book, Kabuliwalar Bangali Bou (A Kabuliwala's Bengali Wife), was made into a Bollywood film called Escape From Taliban in 2003.

Banerjee had recently moved back to Afghanistan to live with her husband, and was working as health care worker in the region. She had also been filming the lives of local women, reported the BBC.

According to the police, the Taliban militants tied up her husband and other family members in her house, took Banerjee out and shot her multiple times. They also ripped her hair out and dumped her body near a religious school.

The Taliban denied the attack on Banerjee, said the BBC.