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Afghanistan's Martial Arts Megastar

Hussain Sadiqi has been called the Afghan Bruce Lee. He tells Matthew Bannister how be escaped the Taliban to become a martial arts star.

Hussain Sadiqi has been called the Afghan Bruce Lee. As a member of the Hazara, an ethnic minority group persecuted by the Taliban, Hussain was forced to flee the country but this didn't stop him following his dream of becoming an international martial arts star.

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(Photo: Hussain Sadiqi. Credit: Gavain Brown.)

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Tue 13 Jan 2015 03:05GMT

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