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Two weeks ago Murtaza Ahmadi was living in rural Afghanistan and wearing a Lionel Messi shirt made from a ... and his expenses will be paid by an Afghan telecommunications company.

Murtaza Ahmadi, a five-year-old Afghan boy, is about to get the thrill of a lifetime. Ahmadi's family was too poor to get him a real Messi jersey, so his brother made one out of a blue and white ...