The World - News from Feb. 27, 1986
Soviet troops in Afghanistan killed about 35,000 civilians last year in a campaign of “systematic brutality†that included bombing villages and planting explosives in children’s toys, a report prepared for the U.N. Human Rights Commission said. The author was Australian law professor Felix Ermacora, who said his findings are based on testimony from Afghan refugees in Pakistan.
Sign up for Essential California
The most important California stories and recommendations in your inbox every morning.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
