Ua pepehi ʻia ʻo Sultan, ke kaikunāne o Ali, i ʻAukake 2016.
Ua pepehi ʻia ʻo Hussein, ka ʻanakala o Bismillah i ʻApelila 2017.
ʻAʻole au makemake iā Rahman, ke kaikunāne o Inaam, e pau i ka pepehi ʻia. Ke aʻo nei ʻo Rahman i koa.
ʻO Sultan lāua ʻo Hussein he mau koa Afghan i ka iwakālua o ko lāua mau makahiki. Ua komo lākou i ka pūʻali koa no ka loaʻa ʻole o nā hana kūpono ʻē aʻe. Pono ko lākou ʻohana i ka ʻai. Ua pepehi ʻia ʻo Hussein ma Helmand Province, kahi i nā makahiki he 15 i hala iho nei, ua pepehi ʻia nā mākaʻi 18,000 (ʻaʻole i helu ʻia nā koa a i ʻole nā kānaka kīwila)..
Ua noʻonoʻo paha ʻo Newton no ke aha mākou e hoʻohana ʻole ai i nā kānāwai ʻepekema i ka ʻano kanaka; no kēlā me kēia hana, aia ka hopena like a kū'ē. ʻO ka nui o nā 'enemi' a nā pūʻali a me nā koa i pepehi ai, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā koa a me e pepehi ʻia nā makaʻāinana.
ʻO nā helu i make ma Afghanistan a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe e hōʻoia i kēia. ʻO ka Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo 2015 Global Terrorism Index i ka piʻi ʻana o ka make e pili ana i ka hoʻoweliweli mai ka makahiki 2000. ʻAʻole hana ke kaua!
ʻO Inaam, he keiki alanui e hele ana i ke kula ʻo Borderfree Afghan Street Kids School, ua lawe iaʻu i ka lumi hoʻolimalima o kona ʻohana i hiki iaʻu ke hana i kahi noiʻi hale makahiki. Ia manawa au i lohe ai i kona makuahine i ka moolelo o Rahman. Ua ʻike au i kahi hopohopo lohi, ʻoiai ʻaʻole wau i hālāwai me Rahman ma mua.
"Ua kāhea kaʻu keiki e ʻōlelo he weliweli ʻo ia. Ua pohu kona mau lima mai ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa pūʻali koa. Ke hoʻomaʻamaʻa nei lākou iā ia e pana," i ʻōlelo mai ai kona makuahine iaʻu, me ke ʻano o kona mau manamana lima me he mea lā e 'huki i ke kumu'. Hoʻomaha ʻo ia, a laila hoʻomau me ka hopohopo, "Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻaʻole makemake e hoʻomau. Ua uē au. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia iaʻu ʻaʻole e uē me ka ʻōlelo ʻana, ʻO ke ola kēia, e ka makuahine.
Lawe ʻo ia i ke poʻo o kona puʻu poʻo a holoi aʻela i nā waimaka i 'baluna' wikiwiki ma luna o kona ʻeke maka. E like me kaʻu i ʻike ai i nā manawa he nui ma mua ma ka ʻano Afghan, hoʻopaʻa ʻo ia iā ia iho i loko o kekona, huki iki i kona mau poʻohiwi i hope, ale i kona hopohopo, a nānā hou i luna.
Ua lohe au i ka lolo, kahi ʻano hemahema o kona leo. Noho ʻo Inaam ma ka puka makani. Hiki iaʻu ke ʻike ua hopohopo ʻo ia.
E like me ka maʻi maʻi pupule, ʻike wau i ka mōʻaukala i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ke koko o ke kanaka e kahe ana i loko o kēlā lumi spartan ma Kabul. Ua maloo ka luawai o ka pa o waho a hiki i kona kulu hope loa, he hapa o he pilikia wai nui ma Kabul. ʻOiai ka poʻe alakaʻi o ka honua e pume kālā i ka ʻoihana kaua a me ka pepehi kanaka, ʻaʻohe mea e nānā i ka pau ʻana o ka wai.
E like me kahi kiʻiʻoniʻoni i hoʻokani hou ʻia mai kahi mea pāʻani wikiō ʻino, ʻike wau iā Rahman e kolo ana i loko o ke one ʻā a maloʻo o ka wao akua, ka hou maloʻo maloʻo ma kona lae.
"I ke kelepona ʻana ʻo Rahman, nīnau ʻo ia inā e hoʻi ana ʻo Inaam i ka home mai ka 'hana' ma mua i kēlā me kēia pō, ma kahi o 9.30 pm, i ka wā e 'eha mai ai nā ʻano kalaima a me nā hanana a pau ma nā alanui'. No ka hopohopo, ua hahau au iā Inaam i hoʻokahi manawa no ka hoʻi ʻana i ka home i ka pō. ʻAʻole au i makemake e hoʻopaʻi iā ia, akā ua hopohopo nui wau no nā mea ʻino e hiki mai ana iā ia. He ʻōpiopio nō ʻo ia.”
He 13 makahiki ʻo Inaam. Ua pane aku au, “No ke aha i haʻi ʻole mai ai ʻo Inaam iaʻu e manaʻo ana ʻo Rahman e hoʻomau i kāna mau haʻawina ma ke kula pō? Manaʻo wau e ʻike wau i kāna mau manaʻo e komo i ka pūʻali koa!" ʻIke ʻia koʻu huhū i nā hoʻoholo liʻiliʻi o ke ola.
"ʻAʻole makemake ʻo Inaam e ʻike ʻoe ua paʻa mākou i kēia kūlana hanohano. E like me kāu e ʻike ai, ʻo ka makua kāne o Inaam he lāʻau lapaʻau, a he nui nā pilikia o mākou. ʻAʻole mākou e haʻi aku i kekahi i kēlā mau mea, "wahi a ka makuahine o Inaam. ʻAʻole ʻike ʻo Inaam i kona makuakāne no ʻehiku mau makahiki. Aia kona makuakāne ma kahi ʻāina ʻē aʻe, ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke kīkē i kāna ʻano lāʻau lapaʻau, a ʻike ʻole ʻo ia i nā paʻakikī like ʻole ma ka home. Ua hoʻomau ka makuahine o Inaam, "A, ʻaʻole ʻo Inaam he keiki ʻōhumu. Hele ʻo ia i ke kula a laila hana. Hoʻi ʻo ia i ka home, a hoʻolohe ʻo ia. ʻAʻole ʻo ia e hāʻawi mai iā mākou i kekahi pilikia.
Ua hōʻoiaʻiʻo au iā ia, "ʻAʻohe 'hilahila' i ka hana nui a kāu mau keiki kāne i mea e ola ai. He ʻohana ka Afghan Peace Volunteers, a ʻaʻole he 'hilahila' no ka ʻohana ke kōkua inā hiki. E ʻoluʻolu e noi iā Rahman e hele mai e hālāwai me mākou i kona wā e kipa aku ai i ka home, a malia paha, hiki iā mākou ke kūkākūkā i nā koho hana.
Ua hāʻawi ka makuahine o Inaam iā Inaam i kekahi mau kuhikuhi. Huli ʻo ia i loko o ke alahele ma waho o ke keʻena, e paʻa ʻia me he lumi kuke, a hoʻi koke mai, e waiho ana i kahi pā waina i holoi ʻia i mua oʻu.
ʻO ka mea e pono ai ka meaʻai ma ka papaʻaina, hiki i ka hana hanohano. Akā, aia i hea nā hana uku kūpono ʻaʻole pili i ka hoʻohana ʻana a me ka pepehi kanaka? Inā ʻo ke kāhea e koho i ka maluhia, aia i hea nā koho o kēlā me kēia lā? No ke aha e hiki ʻole ai i ka maluhia, ka hoʻoponopono waiwai, a me nā hui kaiapuni ke hui pū i kā lākou hoʻoikaika ʻana e hoʻoponopono i nā pilikia kumu maʻamau, a Naomi Klein i paipai ai i ka hohonu 'ka pilina ma waena o nā pilikia a me nā neʻe, no laila e hoʻoponopono kā mākou mau hoʻonā i nā pilikia he nui i ka manawa hoʻokahi'? ʻOiaʻiʻo nō e pili ana kēia i ka hoʻolako ʻana i nā hana nonviolent iā Rahman, ma ke ʻano he ala paʻa e 'hoʻopakele' iā ia.
No ke aha ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke hana i kekahi mea e pili ana i kēia?
I ko mākou haʻalele ʻana ma luna o ko mākou mau kaʻa, kuhikuhi ʻo Inaam i nā paia paʻa i hoʻoikaika ʻia o kahi pūʻali koa ma kahi mau haneli mau mika mai kona home. Ua haki ʻia nā paia mānoanoa me he pepa lā, i ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana i ke ola i kekahi mau mahina i hala.
“ʻAʻole au ma ka home. Ua hoʻomau ke kaua no kekahi mau hola ma hope o ka pahū ʻana, "wahi a Inaam. Hiki iaʻu ke noʻonoʻo i kona makuahine puʻuwai e noho hoʻokahi ana i loko o ka lumi, ua pelu ʻia nā wāwae, e nahu ana i kona mau lehelehe, haʻihaʻi me ka hopohopo.
Ke kau nei koʻu mau manaʻo a puni iā Rahman, e ʻimi ana i kahi ala e hoʻomaha ai iā ia mai ka pupule a me ka make o ke kaua. Pehea?
Ua lohe au i ka leo o Rahman ma ke kelepona ma mua, i koʻu kāhea ʻana e noi iā Inaam e huli i ke kikowaena. ʻO kēia ma mua o ka hoʻokomo ʻia ʻana o Rahman i ka pūʻali koa. ʻO ka lohe wale ʻana i ka leo, ʻo ka malihini, hiki ke hoʻopili iā mākou i ke ʻano kanaka. “Ma hea? ʻo ka hola ʻehia? ʻAe! E hai aku au ia Inaam. Mahalo iā ʻoe."
I kēlā lā, i koʻu holo kaʻa ʻana i ka Kikowaena Nonviolence Borderfree kahi i ʻike ai ʻo Ali, Bismillah a me nā Afghan Peace Volunteers e pili ana kēlā me kēia pilikia a me kēlā me kēia kanaka, ua haʻalulu koʻu puʻuwai.
Ua manaʻo wau ua pili ka 'hope' o Rahman i koʻu a ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia i kēia manawa i kahi pōkā manawa e pili ana i ke kānāwai o Newton.
Damn, ʻaʻole oʻu makemake e make ʻo Rahman.
ʻO Kauka Hakim, (Dr. Teck Young, Wee) he kauka mai Singapore nāna i hana i nā hana pilikino a me nā pilikanaka ma Afghanistan no nā makahiki 10,ʻo ia hoʻi he alakaʻi i ka ʻO Volunteers Palekana'Alamania, he hui waena o nā'ōpio Afghans i hoʻolaʻaʻia no ke kūkuluʻana i nā meaʻokoʻaʻole i ke kaua. ʻO ia ka 2012 i loaʻa i ka International Pfeffer Peace Prize a me ka 2017 i loaʻa i ka Singapore Medical Association Merit Award no nā haʻawina i ka lawelawe kaiāulu i nā kaiāulu.
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