NEW YORK — Late last year, a former Afghan refugee who has been widely celebrated for his humanitarian work evacuating Afghans and Americans from Afghanistan after the United States' withdrawal, landed a coveted spot on the Forbes '30 Under 30' list -- branding him as one of the country's so-called 'brightest young leaders.'
Olivia Rubin, ABC NewsNEW YORK — Late last year, a former Afghan refugee who has been widely celebrated for his humanitarian work evacuating Afghans and Americans from Afghanistan after the United States' withdrawal, landed a coveted spot on the Forbes"30 Under 30" list -- branding him as one of the country's so-called"brightest young leaders."
"Safi left us behind," said one refugee, who asked ABC News not to use her name."He left us in darkness." "The intent was always to help people, and help we did," Rauf said."In some instances we may have fallen short, but considering the circumstances, we did unprecedented work that no other organization in this line of evacuation work has done."
The spokesperson told ABC News that the foundation had made a one-time grant to the Human First Coalition in December, 2021, and continues to monitor the situation. "Safi is my life hero," said Waheedullah Siddiqi, an Afghan who told ABC News that he and his family were evacuated by Human First Coalition as part of the flight to Abu Dhabi.
After the Biden administration secured Rauf's release, CNN's Jake Tapper landed the first exclusive interview with him. "They would say, 'Please wait, you all will be evacuated to the United States very soon, you must be patient,'" the woman told ABC News."But then they said, 'You must go, we cannot do anything for you, it's not our business.'"
Human First Coalition also said that while they would continue to advocate with the U.S. State Department for their evacuation, they had"less positive news": They were"not able to provide any sort of timeline" for evacuation, or even"complete confidence" that the effort would succeed at all, according to the letter.
Rauf said that while"people can get upset when they find out that they are not eligible for resettlement," he insisted he continued to work on evacuation for the refugees and shifted blame to U.S. government for the issue. "This work is supposed to be selfless," Moses said."[Human First Coalition] had a moral obligation to take care of those people ... but they got there and took care of them for as long as they thought was necessary -- and then just bailed."
"We closed all the safe houses because I was in Taliban captivity and my team was worried they would have taken that information regarding the safe houses from me," Rauf said."At the time our No. 1 priority was people's safety, and we offered people to go to hotels. Some people took that offer and some people didn't.
USIP has accused Rauf of breach of contract and fraudulent misrepresentations, and is seeking $600,000 in damages plus legal fees and costs. USIP's claim was filed as a crossclaim in a case brought by Human First Coalition's former attorney, in which he transferred what he said were the remaining funds from the $600,000 payment into the court's custody so a judge could determine ownership.
A judge denied Rauf and Human First Coalition's motion to dismiss USIP's claims. The litigation remains ongoing. On the returns, the organization listed $1.4 million in expenses, including over $1.3 million spent on"logistic support" services and approximately $5,000 spent on"humanitarian aid." Speaking with ABC News, Rauf denied that Teske had raised questions about finances directly to him, and defended his work overall.
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