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General Category => World News => Topic started by: TomSea on January 17, 2019, 05:52:05 pm

Title: Face value: One-time Afghan wedding singer a ringer for Canada's Trudeau
Post by: TomSea on January 17, 2019, 05:52:05 pm

This is so, they are very similar like twins in some pictures. A lot of these "human interest" stories this week on this.

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Face value: One-time Afghan wedding singer a ringer for Canada's Trudeau

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan singer Abdul Salam Maftoon’s striking resemblance to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has turned him into an unlikely celebrity in the war-torn country since his debut on a talent show.

The 28-year-old first caught the attention of fans when he traveled to the capital, Kabul, to appear on “Afghan Star”, a televised musical competition that draws contestants from around the South Asian nation.

“People are calling me the Justin Trudeau of Afghanistan... Since I came to Kabul, I have become very popular and people are grabbing photos with me,” he told Reuters at the studio.

Read more at: https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-canada-trudeau-lookalike/face-value-one-time-afghan-wedding-singer-a-ringer-for-canadas-trudeau-idUKKCN1PA1J2 (https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-canada-trudeau-lookalike/face-value-one-time-afghan-wedding-singer-a-ringer-for-canadas-trudeau-idUKKCN1PA1J2)

(https://www.mtlblog.com/u/2019/01/07/8b9b1b5866e119878df32fd1b0f5dfaae8aa353a.jpg_1200x630.jpg)

More here with singing video: https://www.rferl.org/a/afghanistan-trudeau-lookalike/29715906.html (https://www.rferl.org/a/afghanistan-trudeau-lookalike/29715906.html)