Intigam Asgarli took part in the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, which started on 27 September. Participating in the Battle of Shusha (2020), he fought in the offensives in Shusha. Intigam Asgarli was shot on November 9, 2020 during a combat mission in Shusha between Armenian and Azerbaijani servicemen.