{"id":104063,"date":"2013-09-06T18:51:26","date_gmt":"2013-09-06T13:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=104063"},"modified":"2013-09-09T13:16:23","modified_gmt":"2013-09-09T07:46:23","slug":"indian-author-killed-in-by-taliban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/indian-author-killed-in-by-taliban\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Author Killed In By Taliban"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Indian author\u00a0Sushmita Banerjee\u00a0was killed by the\u00a0Taliban\u00a0late on Wednesday. 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