 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakazosvika 1985, PUK neKDP dzakanga dzabatana, uye Kurdistan yeIraq yakaona hondo yemagandanga yakapararira kusvikira pakuguma kwehondo. Musi wa15 March 1988, mauto ePUK akatora guta reHalabja pedyo nomuganhu weIran ndokukonzera kurasikirwa kukuru pakati pevarwi veIraq. VaIraq vakatsiva zuva rakatevera racho nokurwisa guta racho nemakemikoro, vachiuraya vanhuwo zvavo vanenge 5 000. Izvi zvakaita kuti maAmerican nemaEuropean vatange nzvimbo dzekuenda nendege dzeIraq munaKurume 1991 kudzivirira maKurd, nekudaro vachibatsira kuzvitonga kweKurdish pakati pekusaziva uye sarudzo dzekutanga dzeKurdish dzakaitwa muna Chivabvu 1992, umo Kurdistan Democratic Party yakawana 45.3 yemavhoti uye mazhinji ezvigaro. 