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Escape From Taliban (2003)
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Escape From Taliban is a 2003 Indian film that is directed by Ujjal Chattopadhyaya. The film is based on the story A Kabuliwala's Bengali Wife by Sushmita Banerjee, who fled Afghanistan in 1995 after six years of living there with her Afghan husband. During that time, the Taliban issued a death sentence for her because she refused to abide by their rule on converting to Islam. Sushmita Banerjee, whose book inspired this movie, was shot dead by suspected Taliban militants in Afghanistan in September 2013.
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À la fin des années 1980, Sushmita Banerjee, une jeune Indienne, épouse par amour un homme d'affaires afghan avec lequel elle part vivre dans un village proche de Kaboul. Elle y ouvre un petit dispensaire mais l'arrivée au pouvoir des Talibans rend sa vie de plus en plus insupportable et elle décide de s'enfuir.Actors
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