A 5-year-old Afghan boy who received autographed shirts from his soccer hero Lionel Messi was forced to leave Afghanistan with his family amid constant telephone threats.
The little boy, Murtaza Ahmadi, captured the attention of many when he was photographed wearing a homemade Argentina shirt with No. 10 on the back.
The boy’s father, Mohammad Arif Ahmadi, says they have moved to Pakistan and settled in the city of Quetta, hoping for a better life there.
Ahmadi was scared his son 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.
