Baby Donald Trump causes a stir in Afghanistan

A self-confessed fan of the American tycoon turned leader of the free world, Sayed Assadullah Pooya said he and his wife have been inundated with “vulgar and insulting” comments attacking their choice of name for their third child.

Some Facebook users have gone as far as threatening to kill Sayed for giving his son an “infidel name”, while others have accused him of endangering the boy’s life.

There are even suggestions Sayed is using the moniker to wangle asylum in the United States – a charge the 28-year-old teacher vehemently denies.

“I didn’t know at the beginning that Afghan people would be so sensitive about a name,” Sayed told AFP, as Donald played with a music app on his father’s Samsung smartphone in their carpeted room.

Sayed says someone posted the picture online, sparking the controversy that forced him to close his Facebook account.

Even Sayed’s neighbours in the heavily Shiite area of Kabul where they live have threatened the family and told them to leave.
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