He is a former member of the Central Committee of the Tajik Communist Party and a former major in the Soviet Army.
[2][3] In 1985, he graduated from the Alma-Ata Higher All-Arms Command School, after which he served as part of a limited contingent of Soviet troops in Afghanistan as a reconnaissance platoon commander of the 1st Motorized Rifle Battalion of the 70th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade, during which he was wounded.
[3] Khudoiberdiyev helped President Rakhmonov become head of state in 1992, but began a rebellion on 16 August 1997.
[3][4] The Tajik Supreme Court sentenced two of Khudoiberdiyev's militant followers to death on 27 December 1999 for their involvement in clashes with the government in November 1998.
33 other militants were sentenced to prison terms ranging from 10 to 19 years for terrorism and other related charges.