§ 38. Mr. Churchillasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if, following the meeting between the Prime Minister and some of the survivors of the Logar massacre, on 13 September 1982, Her Majesty's Government will raise the matter of this massacre and the question of the scorched earth policy being pursued by the Soviet army of occupation against the Afghan civilian population, with the Human Rights Commission of the United Nations.
§ Mr. HurdThe United Kingdom delegation to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights has drawn the attention of the commission to human rights violations by Soviet forces in Afghanistan, including the massacre in Logar province. We are deeply disturbed by the reports of this atrocity.