She lived with her three brothers-in-law, their wives and her husband's first wife Gulgutti. She had married Jaanbaz 10 years ago.
With the burgeoning Taliban power in Afghanistan, Banerjee witnessed fundamentalist changes occurring in the country.
In a 2003 interview, she said that the plight of women in particular got worse. Women were banned from talking with men other than family members, they were not allowed outside home.
