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In January 1994, former communist general Abdul Rashid Dostum joined an alliance with Gulbuddin Hekmatyar.

Hekmatyar and Dostum in January 1994 conducted the worst mass bombardment of Kabul during that period, but were eventually repelled by Islamic State forces of Ahmad Shah Massoud.

In late 1994, most of the militia factions which had been fighting in the battle for control of Kabul were defeated militarily by forces of the Islamic State's Secretary of Defense Ahmad Shah Massoud.

Bombardment of the capital came to a halt.

The Islamic State government took steps to restore law and order.

Courts started to work again also convicting individuals inside government troops who had committed crimes.

Massoud tried to initiate a nationwide political process with the goal of national consolidation and democratic elections, also inviting the Taliban, who by then had established their rule in the south of Afghanistan, to join the process.

The Taliban declined.