Former Afghan refugee who can make history in the United States

It fits well with Safiya Waziri, an Afghan refugee who fled the Taliban rule in the 1990s. She was originally placed in Uzbekistan with her family and is now an American citizen who can make political stories in New Hampshire.

Wazir, 27, has won the Democratic Party's 11 September preliminary election for seats in state legislation and if you defeat Republican rival Dennis Soucy, in the congress elections to be held in November, it will become the first former refugee to hold public office in New Hampshire.

Many people sacrifice for freedom”, Wazir said in a telephone conversation with Radio Free Europe. I had the opportunity to live freely or die”, she said.

Wazir was deployed in the United States in 2007. She graduated from high school and became a citizen of the United States in 2013. After three years of low - paying jobs, he has gained a business degree.

Now, she is campaigning to represent District 17, a district in Concordia, the capital of New Hampshire, where white people dominate.

In the Democratic Party's preliminary elections, Wazir has defeated Dick Patten, 66, the city's former adviser. During the campaign, Patten is said to have accused migrants of taking everything “, such as social benefits, at the expense of people born and raised in New Hampshire.

After the loss, he was quoted as saying: “She's from Afghanistan, so she's been treated as princess”. Patten has reportedly said he will vote for the republican rival Wazir in the November elections.

Wazir is surprised at her victory.

“Population length in the community is growing”, she said. I want to be everyone's voice from the born here to the migrants. I want to be an example for the younger generation. You have the opportunity, with the freedom and democracy we have, to get up and do better”, Wazir said.

Wazir has spent years involved in community activism and has devoted himself to education and family affairs.

The mother of two children waiting for her third child in January has campaigned for extensive health care and paid parental permission, while struggling for more funds for child schooling.

Wazir is part of the wave of youth and minorities that have succeeded in the US preliminary elections, defeating old rivals. This, according to observers, signals the desire of many democratic voters for changes.

Among them is Stacey Abrams, a 44-year-old colored who is the Democrat's appointed governor of Georgia State.

The “is finally year for women to rise and run”, Wazir said.

Born in the Dashi district of Baghlan province in northern Afghanistan, her family moved to nearby Uzbekistan in 1997, when she was six. Ten years later, Wazir has moved to Concordia with her parents, with the help of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).

Although you remember a little bit about Afghanistan and there only once returned in 2012, to marry her native country remains a source of inspiration.

Her focus, however, is on her adopted home.

“Afganistan has faced many difficulties. But it's not only in Afghanistan, because we have such situations in the United States and we have a lot of problems in New Hampshire, so I'm competing”, Wazir said.