Gunduz Safarli took part in the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War in 2020. During the Battle of Shusha, on 7 November, Safarli and his squad seized the building of the Shusha City Executive Power. In the afternoon of 8 November, President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, announced that the Azerbaijani forces had taken control of the city. On 9 November, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence released a video from the city, confirming full Azerbaijani control.