It must have been a big change. A former Afghan communications minister moved to Europe, Germany to be precise, in September 2020. In the city of Leipzig, Sayed Sadaat could never have found a job that matched his skills, reports CNews on Saturday August 28. A computer scientist and telecommunications graduate, he served as Minister of Communications for two years before leaving office in 2018. From now on, Sayed Sadaat has a new and very different job: he delivers meals by bicycle for the company Lieferando…
“Everybody has to work. If you have expenses, if you have to pay rent, if you need money to buy food and shelter, then you have to work. Just because you have been a minister does not mean you should not work and do nothing,” he told the press. Sayed Sadaat added, reports CNews, “I could have been one of those corrupt ministers, I could have earned millions of dollars, bought buildings and hotels there in Dubai, and I wouldn’t have had to work. Thus, he asserts that he “did nothing to feel guilty”.Sayed Sadaat hopes that other politicians will “follow this example of working for the citizens instead of shirking”.
Since August 15, Afghanistan has been ruled by the Taliban, who have taken over the country. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani confirmed this to the press on the same day. He fled his country to escape a “bloodbath”. He has since settled with his family in the United Arab Emirates until he can “return”. In Afghanistan, thousands of people have already been evacuated and thousands more are still trying to leave the country to escape the new extremist Taliban regime.