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Murtaza Ahmadi, a 7-year-old fan of FC Barcelona playerLionel Messi who achieved online fame for his homemade jersey, has had to flee his home district in south-eastern Ghazni province due to a Taliban attack.
Murtaza’s family is among those forced to flee the district of Jaghori after Taliban militants launched an attack there in November. The family has rented a small room with no heating in Kabul. The young football fan captured attention on social media after a picture of him wearing a blue and white plastic bag scribbled with Messi’s name and number 10 went viral.
Following widespread media coverage that drew the attention of the FC Barcelona player, Murtaza met his idol in Qatar in 2016 and went to the pitch holding Messi’s hand.
Prior to the meeting, Murtaza was given a pair of signed jerseys and a football that was sent to him by Messi through the UN International Children’s Emergency Fund (Unicef). Messi is a Unicef good-will ambassador.
Kabul
Murtaza Ahmadi, a 7-year-old fan of FC Barcelona playerLionel Messi who achieved online fame for his homemade jersey, has had to flee his home district in south-eastern Ghazni province due to a Taliban attack.
Murtaza’s family is among those forced to flee the district of Jaghori after Taliban militants launched an attack there in November. The family has rented a small room with no heating in Kabul. The young football fan captured attention on social media after a picture of him wearing a blue and white plastic bag scribbled with Messi’s name and number 10 went viral.
Following widespread media coverage that drew the attention of the FC Barcelona player, Murtaza met his idol in Qatar in 2016 and went to the pitch holding Messi’s hand.
Prior to the meeting, Murtaza was given a pair of signed jerseys and a football that was sent to him by Messi through the UN International Children’s Emergency Fund (Unicef). Messi is a Unicef good-will ambassador.
