Former Afghanistan minister who is now a delivery man in Germany has said that he is not ashamed of his new job.
“There is no shame in the job at all. Work is work,” Sayed Sadaat told AFP.
For six hours on weekdays and from noon to 10pm on Saturdays and Sundays, Sadaat dons his distinctive orange coat and big square backpack, shuttling pizzas or other orders to customers.
“If there is a job, it means there is public demand… someone has to do it,” he said.
Sadaat is one of thousands of Afghans who have found a home in Germany over the last years.
Sadaat’s journey to Germany was far less harrowing.
He was minister of communications in Afghanistan from 2016 to 2018.
But the 50-year-old said he quit his post because he was fed up with corruption in the government.
“When doing the job as a minister there was a difference between the president’s close circle and myself,” he explained.
“Their demands were for private benefit, I wanted the money for government projects to be implemented properly.
“So I could not fulfil their demands and then they tried to push me, put pressure on me from the president’s side.”
He took on a consultancy job in the telecommunications sector in Afghanistan.
But by 2020, the security situation had deteriorated, he said.
“So I decided to leave,” he told AFP.
“I have to go now,” he says, riding off through the rain for his first delivery of the day.
