Usaid Gave Money to Falahs E Insaniat Foundation: The US Agency for International Development (USAID) is a statutory body of the US government. However, few people know that the money received from this agency used to go to the organizations involved in anti-India activities. The Falah-e-Insaniyat Foundation (FIF), which is the mask organization of Hafiz Saeed’s Lashkar-e-Taiba (Let). This group received funding through USAID. This foundation is operated from Pakistan and has been found involved in terrorist activities.
It is said that USAID used to get funding from anti-India George Soros. The Falah-e-Insaniyat Foundation is associated with Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jamaat-ud-Dawa (Jud), which was held responsible for the 26/11 attacks in Mumbai. However, once the US government had banned such organizations, but despite that they were getting money through USAID.
Trump administration moves off USAID
Donald Trump ordered the closure of USAID as soon as he became President for the second time. The Trump administration accused the agency of misusing the money of American taxpayers. Usaid was closed and all its officers and employees were sent on leave and the personnel working around the world were ordered to return to America.
Truth of Falah-e-Insaniyat Foundation
The Falah-e-Insaniyat Foundation (FIF) is described by the US and India as a helpful organization of Lashkar-e-Taiba. When Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jamaat-ud-Dawa were banned, FIF was made so that investigation and restrictions could be avoided. Through the USAID, the foundation continued to fund till 2010, while the US itself called it a banned terrorist organization.
American ban and funding dispute on FIF
According to the US State Department, the Falah-e-Insaniyat Foundation is an organization located in Pakistan, which is deeply connected to Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jamaat-ud-Dawa. Despite the US government banning this organization, it continued to fund through USAID.
How did FIF get funding?
Usaid assisted FIF through Helping Hand for Relief and Development (HHRD). Hhrd is an Islamic charity in Michigan, which is related to jihadi organizations in South Asia. The funding between USAID and Falah-e-Insaniyat Foundation has raised many questions. Despite the US ban, FIF gets funds and its association with organization like Lashkar-e-Taiba remains a matter of concern for America and other countries.
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