The new development has certainly gone in favour of President Rabbani, as the co option of a major Pashtoon leader has broadened the base of his Tajik-dominated government. He can now claim to be heading a coalition government comprising parties led by important Pashtoon leaders like Hekmatyar and Professor Sayyaf and two Shiite groups headed by Ustad Akbari and Shaikh Asef Mohseni.