The leadership of the front subsequently became known as the “Yurchiki”, named after Yuri Andropov due to the large presence of former KGB employees.
In December 1992, a new government under Emomali Rahmon (the Chairman of the Supreme Council of Tajikistan) signed a resolution "On the Establishment of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Tajikistan" on the basis of the Popular Front and the forces supporting the constitutional government.
With the aid of the Russian 201st Motor Rifle Division and the Uzbek army, the Leninabadi-Kulobi Popular Front forces routed the opposition in early and late 1992.
[6] On 17 October 1992, musician Karomatullo Qurbonov and a number of his band members were murdered by gunmen from the Popular Front militia.
In 2008 a former member of the Popular Front, Mahmadahdi Nazarov, also known as Makhsum Mahdi, was convicted of Qurbonov's murder.