mo4ch:>‘They are hunting for him’: Afghan ‘Little Messi’ forced to flee Taliban onslaught | Mo4ch News
Murtaza Ahmadi, the Afghan boy who two years ago melted hearts around the world when he was pictured wearing a plastic-bag mock-up shirt of his hero Lionel Messi, has been forced to flee his home amid a Taliban onslaught.Murtaza came to global prominence in 2016 when he was pictured wearing a blue-and-white striped plastic bag – the same as the colors of the Argentina strip – with ‘Messi 10’ written on the back in honor of his idol.Read more The photo went viral and led to the youngster eventually meeting Messi himself at the end of 2016, when Murtaza was a mascot for a friendly in Doha.However, the youngster, who is now aged seven, was recently forced to flee his homeland in Afghanistan’s southeastern Ghazni province – leaving his prized signed Messi jersey behind – according to an AFP reporter who tracked down the boy and his family.Shockingly, Murtaza’s mother, Shafiqa, even said that the Taliban were specifically trying to hunt down her son."(They) said if they capture him, th…