Kabul: The father of a 5-year-old Afghan boy who received autographed shirts from his football hero Lionel Messi says the family was forced to leave Afghanistan, amid constant telephone threats.
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Mohammad Arif Ahmadi, whose son grabbed headlines when he was photographed wearing a homemade Argentina shirt with No 10 on the back, says they have moved to Pakistan and settled in Quetta, hoping for a better life there.
He says he feared that his son, Murtaza Ahmadi, would be kidnapped after becoming an Internet sensation after pictures of him wearing a Messi shirt made out of a striped plastic bag went viral. The father says, &ldquo;life became miserable for us.&rdquo;

The father of a 5-year-old Afghan boy who received autographed shirts from his football hero Lionel Messi says the family was forced to leave Afghanistan, amid constant telephone threats

Threats force Lionel Messi's 5-year-old fan to leave Afghanistan

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The father of a 5-year-old Afghan boy who received autographed shirts from his football hero Lionel Messi says the family was forced to leave Afghanistan, amid constant telephone threats

Threats force Lionel Messi's 5-year-old fan to leave Afghanistan

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