Demanding an end to war, dozens of Afghans are making an over 400-mile trek on foot from Helmand to Kabul.

“We are tired of this war and bloodshed,” Zaheer Ahmad Zindani, who was blinded in a roadside explosion, told Agence France-Presse.

The peace march to the Afghan capital followed from a protest in reaction to a deadly car bombing last month and comes amidst a declaration by Afghan president Ashraf Ghani of a temporary ceasefire with the Taliban, though not with other groups. The U.S. said it would honor it, yet ramp up attacks on the Islamic State and other militant groups in the same time period.

“We have four demands” that will be presented to Afghan leaders, said Bacha Khan Mawladad, a member of the peace convoy. “First, the warring parties should announce a ceasefire during Ramadan; second, specify an address (for peace talks), third, establish a joint government, fourth, sit together and fix a date for the withdrawal of ‘foreigners’ (from Afghanistan).”

At The Progressive, peace activist and author Kathy Kelly, just back from a trip to Afghanistan, recently wrote that “throngs of people in cities and towns along their route have shown solidarity with the walkers.” According to AFP, citing information from organizers, “Nine people began the weeks-long anti-war march in May, but their numbers have since swollen to around 50.”

Upon arriving in Ghazni, said one member of the peace group, “We were welcomed unexpectedly. Thousands of people came out. The religious scholars said in public that this is the voice of justice and the ongoing war in the country should stop.” A YouTube video shows the group receiving a warm—and musical—greeting upon their arrival: