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WTF Man! Sushmita Banerjee met Afghan businessman Janbaz Khan in Kolkata, married him secretly in 1988, and moved to Afghanistan with him after family opposition. When she arrived in Khan's ancestral village in Paktika Province, she discovered he already had a wife. In Paktika, she faced severe restrictions, a fatwa, and threats under Taliban rule. In 1995, she escaped after learning of a plan to execute her (scheduled for July 22, 1995). She reached Kabul and flew back to Kolkata on August 12. Back home, she wrote the memoir Kabuliwalar Bangali Bou (A Kabuliwala's Bengali Wife). It detailed her experiences. A Bollywood film Escape from Taliban was based on it. She wrote other books criticising Taliban atrocities. Sushmita reconciled with her husband later and returned to Afghanistan in early 2013. On the night of September 4, 2013, Taliban militants abducted her and shot her. Her body was found the next day with 20 bullet wounds. She was 49 years old.