Escape From Taliban is simply anachronous because it has come in the time when the fuss about Afghanistan or Taliban has totally died. Sushmita (Manisha Koirala) is a young woman from India who falls in love with a handsome Afghani. Abandoning country, community and family, she follows him to his homeland. 
Jaanbaz (Nawab Khan), her husband, eagerly describes the wonderful life they will share and the family they will raise in the hilly terrain near Kabul. But to her horror, she realises that Afghanistan under the Taliban rule is anything but the heaven he had promised her. It is strife-torn and, worse still, women are not allowed to move out freely and have to lead a captive life there. To top all her miseries, she learns that her husband already has a wife and she is his second wife.

Trapped in a loveless marriage, Sushmita makes an unlikely and courageous decision but with the household men on her trail on the one hand and the fanatic Taliban extremists on the other, her plans are aborted twice. Ultimately, an uncle in her house helps her flee Afghanistan but she has to leave behind a little daughter whom she had adopted from one of the family members after her abortion.

The screenplay leaves several poignant questions unanswered/unexplained till the very end.There`s not a single moment of entertainment in the entire film which abounds in tension, action and violence. The screenplay, therefore, offers very little variety. Susmita Bandopadhyay`s scripting of her life`s account may be heart-rending to read but it is extremely weak for the film medium.Manisha Koirala does a fine job as the captive bride in Afghanistan. She lives her role and is excellent in emotional scenes and those of revolt. Nawab Khan, as her husband, is quite good. Ferozeh also does well. Prithvi Zutshi gives a restrained account of himself. 

Aly Khan is extremely nice as the villain. The others, including Preetam Singh, Benika, Amit Bajaj, Vineeta Malik, Jahangir Khan, Subhrajyoti, Shabnam Kapoor and baby Krupa, support well. Ujjal Chatterjee`s direction in one-dimensional, like the script. He has not been able to make a drama that would pull at the heart-strings of the audience. While it depresses the viewer terribly, it doesn`t draw too many tears - and that`s where the film fails! 

However, some scenes have been shot very effectively. Music is a letdown. Background score is alright. Action scenes are average. Camerawork and other technical values are fair. Production values are ordinary. Dialogues are okay. On the whole, Escape From Taliban is a dry and depressing drama and will only add to the miseries of and depression in the trade.