Thanks for the correction, Snapple. I found other info on Hekmatyar. He apparently was a rogue, and I also doubt that the accusations at fromthewilderness.com (FTW) prove that the CIA sanctioned his illicit actions. I was actually interested to see what people would say about it.
I found quite a number of other "interesting" tidbits about Gulbuddin Hekmatyar and the concept of blowback. You would think from the propaganda out there that the Cold War was a little game played between rival ideologues and not for the very soul of the planet. People forget that Stalin and Mao were the epitome of our enemy. Of course we were desperate to defend western freedoms against the most vicious tyrants in history.
The communists ALWAYS trash the CIA by connecting them to drugs.
The CIA are spies. They will be rubbing shoulders with all kinds of people to get information.