Afghanistan

Five-year-old Murtaza Ahmadi has had quite a start to 2016. A picture of him wearing a home-made Argentina shirt with the name and number of his hero Lionel Messi on the back swept the internet, with thousands of people attempting to find out the youngster’s identity and whereabouts. Eventually, Murtaza was traced to Afghanistan and a meeting between […]

10 years ago

An iconic photo of Afghan child Murtaza Ahmadi has captured the imagination of the world. The five-year-old was pictured wearing an Argentina shirt which he had fashioned out of a plastic bag – with Lionel Messi’s name and number scrawled on the back. And now, according to reports in Argentina, the player himself has got in […]

10 years ago