From, "The Tragedy of Afghanistan, " by Raja Anwar, introduction by Fred Halliday, Verso Books, 2nd ed., 1988, pg. 234, "Even before the Soviet intervention China had begun to supply arms and provide training facilities for the Afghan rebels. One week after the Red Army's arrival in Kabul the Daily Telegraph observed
China is flying in large supplies of arms and ammunition to the insurgents in Afghanistan According to diplomatic reports supplies have arrived in Pakistan from China via the Karakkurum highway...A major buildup of Chinese involvement is underway- in the past few days [since the Soviet military action] Scores of Chinese instructors have arrived at Shola-e-Javad camps. (Shola-e-Javad was one of the major Maoist parties in Afghanistan. M.P.)
According to the Karmal administration during 1983-1985 there were eight training camps near the Afghan border operated by the Chinese in Sinkiang province. Afghan media also disclosed that in the same period China supplied the rebels with a variety of weapons including 40,000 RPG-7 and 20,000 RPG-II anti-tank rocket launchers. <snip>
A good review of the internal dynamics of the Afghan Saur revolution of 1978 of the PDPA is, "The War and Revolution in Afghanistan, " by Fred Halliday, New Left Review, #119, Jan-Feb. 1980. Very critical of the factionalism, adventurism, schematic class analysis, of the 2,500 member (combined of the two factions, Khalq and Parcham), PDPA. http://www.google.com/search?q=China+Soviet+Afghanistan+ http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/episodes/20/documents/brez.carter/ http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/CWIHP/BULLETINS/b8-9a12.htm ("Concerning the situation in “A”: New Russian Evidence on the Soviet Intervention in Afghanistan.") http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/CWIHP/BULLETINS/b8-9a13.htm ("The Soviet Union and Afghanistan, 1978-1989: Documents from the Russian and East German Archives.") Michael Pugliese