Ahmad Shah Massoud

India on named a road in the national capital after the slain Afghan war hero, Ahmad Shah Massoud, the first such honour extended to a leader from that country.The road, near the Afghanistan embassy in the diplomatic enclave of Chanakyapuri.Massoud joins world leaders like Uruguay's national hero Jose Artigas, Kazakh poet Abai Kunanbaiuly, Irish leader Eamon De Valera, novelist Andre Malraux and Argentinian icon Jose De San Martin who have roads named after them in Delhi.