 Hekmatyar moved his troops to Kabul, and was allowed into the town soon after 17 April.This left the other mujahideen groups no other choice than to also enter Kabul, on 24 April, to prevent Hekmatyar from taking over the city and the country.This ignited a civil war between five or six rivalling armies, (nearly) all backed by foreign states.Several mujahideen groups proclaimed an 'interim government' on 26 April 1992 but this never attained real authority over Afghanistan.