Idries Shah died before the whole Taliban-al-Quaeaeaadaea-Afghanistan thing hit the fan, but he's written a few pro-Afghani books. I'm mostway through <a href="http://ishkbooks.com/books/ADAF1.html">Adventures in Afghanistan</a>, which is circa the Afghan/Russian war. <a href="http://www.ishkbooks.com/database/KAKU1.html">Kara Kush</a>, while technically fiction, is supposedly based on Shah's <a href="http://www.clearlight.com/~sufi/shahobit.htm">own experience</a> in the war.
Just another perspective, particularly re: the "they've always been fags" bit.
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