Excellent book, introduction by Wallerstein, blurbed by Chomsky. Chaliand has also written on the Kurds and has an anthology on guerilla mvmnts. from UC Press. First book in '69 was, "The Peasants of North Vietnam, " for Penguin.
One hit on google for Chaliand on Afghanistan. Maybe Yoshie knows this guy? http://www.acs.ohio-state.edu/students/sif/Gasper.pdf http://www.fair.org/extra/0201/afghanistan-80s.html Michael Pugliese