The Rauzdi massacre or Rauza massacre was a war crime perpetrated by the Soviet Army on 30 June 1983 in the village of Rauzdi, in the Ghazni Province, Afghanistan, during the Soviet–Afghan War.

[1][2] According to the Human Rights Watch report, based on eyewitness testimony, 23 of the fatalities were civilians, while one was an armed combatant.

Gholam opened fire from the bottom of the well, killing a Russian officer, and wounding a soldier.

As a reprisal, the Russian soldiers killed him, and then began shooting everyone in his house, including his father, cousin and two uncles.

The arrested men were beaten, looted, and in the end summarily executed on the streets.