The World - News from May 17, 1985
Seven leading Afghan resistance groups announced the formation of an alliance and vowed to bury past differences in a united drive to defeat Soviet troops in Afghanistan. The group, called the Islamic Alliance of Afghan Moujahedeen, brings together parties from two earlier competing coalitions. Spokesman Gulbuddin Hekmatyar told a news conference in Peshawar, Pakistan, that the alliance will seek recognition in international forums as the true representative of the Afghan people.
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