TALIBAN PLAN IDENTITY LABEL FOR HINDUS—(Kandahar, Afghanistan) The Taliban rulers, worldwide pariahs for their harsh treatment of Afghan women and Buddhist statues, are planning to force Hindus to wear a yellow identity mark on their clothing to distinguish them from Muslims. Taliban officials insist that the scheme is actually a harmless effort to safeguard Hindus from harassment. United News of India said it obtained a copy of a decree saying that Hindu families would be required to put a two-meter yellow cloth on their houses, Hindus and Muslims would not be allowed to live together, and Hindus would be barred from building new places of worship. (New York Times, May 23)