In 1950, he joined the Iraqi army and worked in the engineering department of weapons manufacturing. In 1961, he contacted the Peshmerga forces of the September Revolution and became a Peshmerga under Abdullah Agha Peshdari. There was a small weapons manufacturing factory in the village of Rust and they manufactured weapons for the Peshmerga forces. In 1962, he was martyred by Karim Khan's forces as a result of an attack by the Iraqi army in collaboration with Karim Khan Baradost. In addition to the martyrdom of Hosta Khidir, they looted a herd of goats and a sheep from the village of Rust and seized the village.
Source:
1. Archives of the Encyclopedia Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.
