Yugoslav authorities began prosecuting Albanian activists, which led to the Shala family’s wealth to decline.
To escape the arrests, and to earn money, he settled in Rome, Italy, together with Naser Berisha.
When Agim Shala heard about the Attack on Prekaz, together with many activists, he reconnects with his uncle Selim and his friends from Prizren and on May 6 of 1998, he is placed in the Regional Operative Headquarters for Prizren in Jeshkovë, to help Remzi Ademaj, Xhevat Berisha, Ismajl Kryeziu, and Ekrem Rexha.
Again on July 16 he fought in the Battle of Tusus and Hoçë e Qytetit, where he defeated the Yugoslav troops once again.
Today's epic of Vërrin began on September 1, 1998 with cannonades of grenades and volleys of all calibers on the villages of Kushnin, Lez and Jeshkovo; on the positions of the Kosovo Liberation Army and on the headquarters of the Regional Operational Headquarters for Vërrin, that is why the first week of September, while the "Sons of Dukagjin" fought for life or death at the foot of Suka e Cërmjani and throughout Dushkaja, while Smolica burned and burned along with the entire Reka e Keqe, every house in Rosishtë and Gllogjan was destroyed and set on fire, the "Symphony of Grenades" was prepared for Budakova, the total cleansing of Anadrin, the "Sons of Vërrin" stand at the foot of the valleys of Koritnik and are immortalized on the altar of Kushnina freedom Refkiu, Milaimi and Tamili, the Lezjans Xhevati, Salajdini, Bekimi, Ibrahimi, Naipi, Asim, Shahadini, Samedini, Shefqeti, Alajdini, Nehati, Asllani and Izahiri, in Jeshkovo, Serbian ethnic gangs killed and massacred Myrvete, Fatima, Kadishen, Merxhani and Ahmet , and on the third of September, Thursday, the screams stopped, but around 16:00, commander Agim Avdi Shala, who in bloody battles after dressing the wounds of fellow soldier Besim Ryshen Shala, fell with him in Avdi in the face of that september storm in Ješkova, when Nuridini continues the war, follows the path of his brothers and commands the unit until March 11, 1999.