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'

Afghanistan's last finance minister, who now drives for the ride-sharing service, said America's fight for democracy in his former country was "pretense".

The fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban has haunted Khalid Payenda. The Americans are blamed for their mission to uphold democracy and human rights in the region.

Payenda said that there were good intentions initially, but the United States probably didn't mean this.

The war in Afghanistan ended in August of 2021.

The Trump administration signed a peace deal with the Taliban in February 2020 that promised to pull out US troops over the course of 14 months. The deal did not include the Afghan government.

The withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan was originally scheduled for September 11, the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. In July, President Joe Biden was against the Taliban takeover. The collapse of Afghan security forces and Taliban advance took officials by surprise.

The messy withdrawal from Afghanistan was a low point for Biden. At least 169 Afghans and 13 US service members were killed in a terrorist attack near the Kabul airport, making it the deadliest day for US military members in the country since 2011. A US drone strike intended to prevent another attack by the Islamic State accidentally killed 10 civilians, including seven children.

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We gave them the chance to decide on their future. In an address to the nation on August 16 last year, Biden said that they couldn't give them the will to fight for that future.

Payenda told the Post that he blames both Afghans and Americans for giving up on the values that were supposed to be the reason for the fight.

Payenda became the deputy finance minister in 2016 and left the government in 2019.

Payenda told the Post that he wishes he never accepted the position as finance minister.

I saw a lot of ugly things and we failed. Payenda said that he was part of the failure.

Payenda told the Post he doesn't do it for the money, but he works as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University, which pays a mere $2,000 per semester. Payenda wants to teach students who could one day be government officials to see the conflict from the point of view of those who need US aid and intervention.

Payenda told the Post that he is incredibly grateful for his job with the ride-sharing service.

He said that it means he doesn't have to be desperate.