10 Facts About Safi Rauf

Safiullah Rauf was born on 1994 and is an Afghan-American nonprofit worker and Navy reservist.

Safi Rauf founded the Human First Coalition, which works to evacuate refugees from Afghanistan.

In December 2021, while providing humanitarian aid in Kabul, Safi Rauf was detained by the Taliban and held for 105 days; he was released in early April 2022, following negotiations between the Taliban and the Biden administration.

Safi Rauf was born in 1994 in an Afghan refugee camp in Pakistan.

In 2017, Safi Rauf enlisted in the United States Navy Reserve and has served as a hospital corpsman.

Safi Rauf served as a linguist and cultural advisor with Special Operations Forces in Afghanistan.

In 2019, Safi Rauf attended Georgetown University with a pre-med track.

In 2021, Safi Rauf co-founded the Human First Coalition alongside his brothers Zabih Safi Rauf and Anees Khalil.

In 2022, Safi Rauf advocated for the Afghan Adjustment Act, a bill that aims to help Afghan Afghan evacuees become legal permanent US residents.

Safi Rauf stated that the money had been intended as a donation to Human First and denied having any obligation to return it to USIP.