 Hekmatyar at first accepted the post of prime minister but after attending only one cabinet meeting he left Kabul again starting to bomb Kabul leaving more than 700 dead in bombing raids, street battles and rocket attacks in and around Kabul.Massoud returned to the position of minister of defense to defend the city against the rocket attacks.In January 1994, Dostum, for different reasons, joined with the forces of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar.