Afghanistan’s former finance minister is now Uber motive force in Washington DC

Six months after Afghanistan fell to the Taliban, leading to mass exodus of Afghans, The Submit stories that the rustic’s former finance minister is using an Uber in Washington DC. Khalid Payenda (40) resigned as finance minister per week prior to the Taliban seized Kabul after his dating with Ashraf Ghani, former Afghan President, deteriorated.

Talking about his day-to-day profits, Payenda advised the Washington Submit that one evening previous this week, he made “a bit over $150 for 6 hours’ paintings, now not counting his go back and forth a mediocre evening”. In Afghanistan, he as soon as oversaw a US-supported $6bn finances.

After coming to the United States, Payenda used to be reunited along with his circle of relatives. The Washington Submit quoted Payenda telling one passenger his transfer from Kabul to Washington were “rather an adjustment”.

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He stated he used to be thankful for the chance so to strengthen his circle of relatives however, “at this time, I don’t have anyplace. I don’t belong right here and I don’t belong there. It’s an overly empty feeling.”

Payenda may be operating as an accessory professor on the Walsh Faculty of International Carrier, Georgetown College.

Afghanistan recently faces a humanitarian and financial disaster. Its property had been frozen and bring to an end from world assist that will require popularity of the Taliban executive which changed the US-supported regime.

Payenda’s stated, “I noticed a large number of ugliness, and we failed,” he stated. “I used to be a part of the failure. It’s tricky whilst you take a look at the distress of the folk and you’re feeling accountable.”

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Payenda stated the United States betrayed its dedication to democracy and human rights after making Afghanistan a centrepiece of post-9/11 coverage. “Perhaps there have been just right intentions first of all however the US almost certainly didn’t imply this,” Payenda stated.

In a textual content message to a International Financial institution reputable in Kabul at the day the capital fell, Payenda stated, “We had 20 years and the entire global’s strengthen to construct a device that will paintings for the folk.”

“All we constructed used to be a area of playing cards that got here down crashing this speedy. A area of playing cards constructed at the basis of corruption.”