Prayer ceremonies were held around the country on Sunday to honor the soldiers killed in the attack on the Afghan National Army 209 Shaheen Military Corps Headquarters in Balkh on Friday.

It is believed at least 135 soldiers were killed in the attack.

Members of the public attending the ceremonies spoke out and said they were tired of war and called on government to do something to stop insurgency.

Anyone who kills one person, it means that he killed all the people in the world, said Abdul Matin, a Kabul resident.

Meanwhile the head of Afghanistan's Ulema Council, Mawlawi Qayamuddin Kashaf said at a prayer ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Kabul that insurgents were intent on killing innocent people.

They do not represent Islam. Anyone who commits a crime, we should not simply relate them to Islam, said Mawlawi Assadullah, a religious scholar.

Kunduz local officials also held a prayer ceremony for soldiers killed in the attack and said the actions of insurgents were barbaric.

Be careful of the gates. Only let in those who you know, said Shir Aziz Kamawal the Afghan National Army commander for Zone 808 Spinzar.

Herat residents also came together on Sunday to mourn the soldiers.

The enemies in a complex attack killed the best sons of Afghanistan in Shaheen Military corps, said Mohammad Arif Saiedy, head of human resources department of Herat province.

This came after President Ashraf Ghani declared Sunday a national day of mourning in honor of the dozens of soldiers killed in the attack.