Alinement and Northern Alliance

Alinement noun - An organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty.

Northern Alliance and alinement are semantically related. In some cases you can replace phrase "Northern Alliance" with "Alinement", this terms are similar.

Northern Alliance noun - A multiethnic alliance in Afghanistan who practice a moderate form of Islam and are united in their opposition to the Taliban.

Alinement and Northern Alliance are semantically related. You can use "Alinement" instead a noun phrase "Northern Alliance".