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Afghan refugee who fled Taliban elected to NH House

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KABUL as a child, was voted into New Hampshire's House of Representatives on Tuesday, media reports said.

Democrat Safiya Wazir defeated Republican Dennis Soucy for the seat in New Hampshire's House of Representatives in Tuesday's Midterm elections.

The 27-year-old becomes the first former refugee to win a seat in the state legislature.  The mother-of-two escaped Afghanistan as a child and . . .

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