After obtaining a degree in technology, he started working at a machine building factory, as a metal turner.

In 1991, Agarunov voluntarily enlisted in the Azerbaijani Army during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, serving again as a tank commander.

[5] In May 1992, Armenian forces launched a successful assault to capture the strategically important town of Shusha, in order to break the Siege of Stepanakert.

[7] Agarunov was posthumously awarded the title of National Hero of Azerbaijan and was buried at Martyrs' Lane cemetery in Baku in May 1992, where his funeral was attended by both Imams and Rabbis.

[8] In 2017, a memorial plaque was placed in Albert Agarunov's house in Amirjan settlement of Surakhani district.