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Khalid Payenda, with red-green-black watch band, keeps hope for Afghanistan.
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WASHINGTON Khalid Payenda (40) mainly gets into his black Honda Accord at night, because that’s when rides are most rewarding. He is sometimes asked about his accent. Then he says that he is from Afghanistan, “but usually nothing more.” He is grateful for the work, he says. Because the consultancy work that he also does is not enough to support his wife and four children. During the night rides there is a lot of time to think. “That was nice to deal with in the beginning. But sometimes your thoughts also go in the wrong direction.”