Syed Ahmad Shah Saadat, the former Afghan information minister, was recently clicked on the streets of Germany. A year after he left office, Saadat has now reportedly taken up a job as a driver for a delivery service in Leipzig and was on his way to deliver pizza when he was captured on camera by a local journalist.

Photos of Syed Ahmad Shah Saadat, showing him dressed in orange-coloured clothes with a bag hung on his back, went viral on social media on Wednesday. Some of the images posted by Al Jazeera Arabia and other local media showed Syed Ahmad Shah delivering pizza on his bicycle in Leipzig, Germany.

A German journalist claimed to have spotted Syed Ahmad Shah Saadat on the streets while the latter was delivering pizzas on a bicycle.

In a tweet, the journalist said, "A few days ago, I met a man who claimed to have been the Afghan communications minister for two years ago. I asked what he was doing in Leipzig. "I'm driving out of Essen for Lieferando" [the man told the jounalist]".

Lieferando provides food delivery services in Germany.

Vor ein paar Tagen lernte ich einen Mann kennen, der behauptete, vor zwei Jahren afghanischer Kommunikationsminister gewesen zu sein. Ich fragte, was er in #Leipzig mache. „Ich fahre für Lieferando Essen aus.“ pic.twitter.com/nafutTTXqP

— Josa Mania-Schlegel (@JosaMania) August 21, 2021

Syed Ahmad Shah Saadat reportedly spoke with Sky News Arabia and confirmed that the photographs circulating on social media were his.

Syed Ahmad Shah Saadat had joined Ashraf Ghani-led Afghan government as a cabinet minister in 2018. He had served for two years as the Afghanistan information and technology minister and later resigned in 2020. He then reportedly arrived in Germany in December last year but after a few months, Sadat ran out of money and started facing problems.

When Sadat was left with no other choice except to find a job for his living, he started working as a pizza delivery boy. He roams around the city on his bicycle and delivering food door-to-door.

"At present, I am leading a very simple life. I feel safe in Germany. I am happy to be with my family in Leipzig. I want to save money and do a German course and study further," Sadat said.

He further said, "I applied for many jobs but no response came. My dream is to work in a German telecom company."

Afghanistan's former communications minister holds two master's degrees from Oxford University, one in electronic engineering and the other in communications. Sadat has worked in more than 20 communication-related fields in 13 countries. He has 23 years of experience working in the field of communication. Syed Ahmad Shah Saadat's photos were doing rounds at a time when Afghanistan is going through one of its worst crises. Chaos has engulfed Afghanistan since the Taliban took the country under its control a week ago.

When asked about the developments in Afghanistan, Syed Ahmad Shah Saadat told the media, "The fall of the Ashraf Ghani government so quickly, was not expected."