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Afghanistan’s ‘Little Messi’ flees home after Taliban threats, says family

7th December, 2018 · admin 1 Comment
Murtaza in his new jersey - photo by UNICEF/Mahdy Mehraeen

Murtaza in his new jersey – photo by UNICEF/Mahdy Mehraeen

BBC News: A young Afghan boy who became famous online for his devotion to footballer Lionel Messi has been forced to flee his home for the second time. Murtaza Ahmadi, now aged seven, went viral in 2016 after being photographed wearing a homemade Messi shirt, fashioned out of a plastic bag. He later met his hero in Qatar. His family say they have now abandoned their home in Afghanistan, after receiving threats from the Taliban. Click here to read more (external link).

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One thought on “Afghanistan’s ‘Little Messi’ flees home after Taliban threats, says family”

  1. Ahmad says:
    December 7, 2018 at 9:15 pm

    The family of this little Hazara Messi misuse him to benefits from the story.
    The taliban don’t care who is the little Hazara boy,they are busy with much mor importent issues like Afghanistan future.
    From other hand the Vice President of Afghanistan is Hazara,the vice of Abdullah Abdullah is Hazara ,the president of peace counsel is Hazara,the Chef of Kabul security is Hazara,before the family of Hazara boy tell such dum story,they can go to one of these Hazara chefs and they are safe,where is the problem?

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