Afghanistan’s Last Finance Minister Now an Uber Driver

Afghanistan's last finance minister Khalid Payenda now drives Uber in US

Khalid Payenda who co-founded Afghanistan's first private university now drives an Uber cab in Washington as all his savings have been spent. And his teaching job at Georgetown University pays $2,000 per semester.

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

Washington Post rides with Khalid Payenda, who left for the US before the fall of Kabul

Former Afghan finance minister who became Uber driver in US: 'We failed'

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Hwang Chul-hwan = Khalid Payenda (40), who was responsible for the Afghan government budget of $6 billion (about 7.3 trillion won) per year until last summer...

Afghanistan's last finance minister who now drives for Uber said America's fight for democracy and human rights in his home country was a 'pretense'

"Maybe there were good intentions initially, but the United States probably didn't mean this," Afghanistan's former finance minister told the Washington Post.

Afghanistan's last finance minister, now a DC Uber driver, ponders what went wrong

Until last summer, Khalid Payenda was Afghanistan's finance minister, overseeing a $6 billion budget. Now, seven months after Kabul fell to the Taliban, Payenda is an Uber driver in the Washington, D.C., metro region.

Afghanistan’s Last Finance Minister Now an Uber Driver

“Until last summer, Khalid Payenda was Afghanistan’s finance minister, overseeing a $6 billion budget — the lifeblood of a government fighting for its survival in a war that had long been at the center of U.S. foreign policy,” the Washington Post reports.“Now, seven months after Kabul had fallen to the Taliban, he was at the wheel of his Honda Accord, headed north on I-95 from his home in Woodbridge, Va., toward Washington, D.C. Payenda swiped a…