The tomb of late resistance leader Ahmad Shah Masoud is highly secured during the homage day in his hometown Bazarak of Panjshir province, Afghanistan, Sept. 10, 2013. Afghans from all walks of life on Tuesday visited the tomb of late resistance leader Ahmad Shah Masoud and paid homage to his services and sacrifices rendered for the freedom of their country from the clutch of the erstwhile Soviet Union and the Taliban. (Xinhua/Zhao Yishen) Related:Afghans pay homage to resistance leaderBAZARAK, Afghanistan, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- Afghans from all walks of life on Tuesday visited the tomb of late resistance leader Ahmad Shah Masoud and paid homage to his services and sacrifices rendered for the freedom of their country from the clutch of the erstwhile Soviet Union and the Taliban.The late Masoud who got international fame for offering stiff resistance against the former USSR in the 1980s and blocking Taliban onslaught in the 1990s to capture the whole Afghanistan was assassinated in suicide attack on Sept. 9, 2001 by two men disguised as journalists.  Full story

An honor guard member stands in front of posters of late resistance leader Ahmad Shah Masoud at his tomb during the homage day in his hometown Bazarak of Panjshir province, Afghanistan, Sept. 10, 2013. Afghans from all walks of life on Tuesday visited the tomb of late resistance leader Ahmad Shah Masoud and paid homage to his services and sacrifices rendered for the freedom of their country from the clutch of the erstwhile Soviet Union and the Taliban. (Xinhua/Zhao Yishen)

People look at posters of late resistance leader Ahmad Shah Masoud at his tomb during the homage day in his hometown Bazarak of Panjshir province, Afghanistan, Sept. 10, 2013. Afghans from all walks of life on Tuesday visited the tomb of late resistance leader Ahmad Shah Masoud and paid homage to his services and sacrifices rendered for the freedom of their country from the clutch of the erstwhile Soviet Union and the Taliban. (Xinhua/Zhao Yishen)

An honor guard lay a wreath at the tomb of late resistance leader Ahmad Shah Masoud during the homage day in his hometown Bazarak of Panjshir province, Afghanistan, Sept. 10, 2013. Afghans from all walks of life on Tuesday visited the tomb of late resistance leader Ahmad Shah Masoud and paid homage to his services and sacrifices rendered for the freedom of their country from the clutch of the erstwhile Soviet Union and the Taliban. (Xinhua/Zhao Yishen)