In September 1992, officers of the 191st Motorized Rifle Regiment of the Russian 201st Motor Rifle Division seized tanks to be transferred to the Saidov in order to prevent the seizure of the city of Kurgan-Tyube by Islamist detachments.
During the war, he led the 11th Independent Special Forces Brigade of the Ministry of Defense, based out of the city of Kalininabad.
[4] After the front took control of Dushanbe, Saidov, laid siege to the headquarters to the Ministry of Internal Affairs (VKD) with a demand that he be given “some job.”[5][6] He was assassinated on 29 March 1993, alongside Sangak Safarov after an armed clash at his house.
[10] The clash reportedly occurred during an argument over the fate of refugees living in Taliban Afghanistan.
[3] On 24 June 1993, by order of the Council of Ministers led by Abdumalik Abdullajanov, the name Faizali Saidov was attached to the 11th Brigade.