 Tanai, uyo akarondedzerwa neimwe nzira se munyengeri wenyika uye mukomonisiti akasimba weboka rakashinga reKhalq rePeoples Democratic Party yeAfghanistan, aive nechisimba mukurwisa mujahideen asi akavhura mubatanidzwa usingafungidzike nemupanduki wechiIslam akasimba Gulbuddin Hekmatyar webato re Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin. Tanai akanga achirwisana nehurongwa hworugare hwaNajibullah uye akatsigira kupedza hondo. Hekmatyar akaraira varwi vake kuti vawedzere kurwisa kwavo kurwisa hurumende yeKabul mukutsigira Tanai. Kubudirira kwechiito chokupanduka kwaiitwa sechinhu chisingakoshi. Kuedza kwokutanga kweKhalqists kwakakundikana muna December 1989, iyo Tanai yakabatanidzwa nayo. Kudengenyeka kwacho kwakaitika gore rimwe pashure pokunge Soviet yabva muAfghanistan. 