Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers announced plans to make Hindus wear an identity label on their clothing to distinguish them from the nation’s Muslims. The edict, reminiscent of the yellow Star of David that Jews were forced to wear in Nazi Germany, prompted an angry statement from India.
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