Afghanistan’s Last Finance Minister Is Now An Uber Driver In DC

Afghanistan's last finance minister has had quite a fall from grace as he is now an Uber driver in DC. He's gone from dealing in billions of dollars to now dealing in hundreds instead for the sake of feeding his family.

Khalid Payenda served as Afghanistan's finance minister till last summer, handling a $6 billion budget — the lifeblood of an administration struggling to survive in a conflict that had always been a focal point of US foreign policy.

He was driving north on I-95 from hi...

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