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Ndihleli kwingxelo yamapolisa eZoom nabanye abameli bebhunga kwidolophu yam encinci yolwandle eNgilani. Umhloli wethu oyiNtloko usixelela ngengxaki esinayo yokukhula kwe-heroin edolophini. Ukwanda kwamvanje kunegalelo ekwandeni kolwaphulo-mthetho ngokubanzi. Icandelo elilandelayo lengcaciso limalunga nokusetyenziswa kweedrones zamapolisa ezicupha kwixesha elizayo, kunye nendlela ezinokuba luncedo ngayo ekulweni ulwaphulo-mthetho.
Kwiinyanga ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo, u-Nigel Farage, usopolitiki okwilizwe lasekunene, wafika kwidolophu yam ukuze azenzele ifilimu kulwandle lwethu lwabakhenkethi; ejolise ekuqhubeni intiyo kunye nobutshaba kubafuduki kunye neembacu ezifika e-UK kwii-inflatables ezinobungozi, emva kokuwela umjelo wamanzi phakathi kweNgilani neFransi. UFarage ukhalazela ukuba aba bafikayo bathatha iindawo zehotele, uxhokonxa uluntu ngokuthi yonke le nto iphuma kwingxowa yoluntu, asinakukwazi ukujongana nabemi bethu singasathethi ke ngeembacu, kwaye aba bantu ngenye imini baya kuzithatha. amakhaya kunye nemisebenzi yabo. IOfisi yaseKhaya ithathela ingqalelo izindululo zokusebenzisa iinkanunu zamanzi kubawela ulwandle abafudukayo, ngelixa uNobhala Wezasekhaya, uPriti Patel ecebisa ukuthuthwa kwabafuduki kunye neembacu kwiSiqithi sase-Ascension kuMzantsi wePasifiki, sibuyela emva kwinkulungwane ye-18, xa iBritane yagxothela abagwetyiweyo. ikoloni yaseOstreliya.
I-drone yoMgcini-mkhosi waseBritane iyalelwe ukuba incede ekuphononongeni abantu abawela iSitishi. Umlindi waqala waphuhliswa xa umkhosi waseBritane wacela i-1 yeebhiliyoni zeedola ukuphuhlisa idrone yasemkhosini. Inkampani yezixhobo zakwa-Israel, i-Elbit Systems, yanikezelwa ngekhontrakthi yokuyila nokuphuhlisa inqwelomoya. Xa igqityiwe kwi-2014, yathunyelwa e-Afghanistan 'yovavanyo lwentsimi'.
Ngaba 'uvavanyo lwasendle' e-Afghanistan lwaluyinxalenye yempazamo embi eyenziwayo xa i-drone yase-US eyayixhobile yabulala umzala womhlobo wam uRaz Mohammed kunye nabahlobo bakhe abahlanu? Aba bafana babeyonwabele indibano yangorhatya kwigadi yabo ekwiphondo laseWardak eAfghanistan. Onke amadoda ayengaxhobanga, akukho namnye kubo owayebandakanyeka kumaTaliban. Ukubhubha kwabo kwangoko kwaba sisiphumo 'sogwayimbo lokutyikitya' - ukubulawa okujoliswe kuko okusekwe kwiprofayili yobuhlanga, amadoda 'afakela' abantu baseTaliban - babenxibe iimpahla zePashtoon, kwilali yasePashtoon, amadoda aneminyaka yokulwa - oko ngokwaneleyo ukuba babulawe.
Umhloli wethu oyiNtloko wasekhaya ugqiba ukuthetha ngeedrones zokucupha amapolisa. Okwangoku, kwindawo yam yaseSussex, ikakhulu basebenzisa iidrone zokucupha kwitrafikhi kunye 'nemisebenzi', nangona kwenye indawo e-UK ukuza kuthi ga ngoku basetyenziselwe ukuphonononga uqhanqalazo lweBlack Lives Matter kunye nolunye kwiziko lokufudukela kwelinye ilizwe.
Ukwazi ukuba ndiza kudibana njani nabanye kwigumbi le-Zoom, ndaye ndathatha isigqibo sokuthatha umngcipheko wokuvakala ngathi 'liyelenqe le-loon' kwaye ndingene-ndayiqaqambisa indlela yasemkhosini 'yokwenza ingxelo ngobuhlanga' ngexesha lokubek'esweni kunye nokubulawa okujoliswe kuko, indlela i-US. amapolisa aqalisile ukusebenzisa iidrones ezixhobe ngezixhobo ezingabulali (taser, ipepile yokutshiza, iimbumbulu zerabha) ngokuchasene nabemi bawo, abadla ngokuchasa imfazwe, abaqhankqalazi bendalo kunye nabachase ubuhlanga. Umhloli oyintloko wothuka kancinci kodwa wakhawuleza waphendula ngelithi amapolisa ase-Bhritane akafani nomkhosi okanye amapolisa ase-US, ukuba iidrones ziluncedo kakhulu ekuncedeni abantu abalahlekileyo kwiincopho zeentaba, nokuba nomqhubi wedrone ojikeleza idolophu, ngelixa. ukubhabha i-drone yokucupha, kuya kuba kuhle kunxibelelwano loluntu.
Ngequbuliso ndikhumbula umlo owaqhambuka kumbindi wedolophu yethu kwaye ndizibuza ukuba idrone ibiya kunceda njani. Kwavela uhlobo oluthile lwempikiswano phakathi 'koluntu lwasesitalatweni', umxube wabantu abatsalela ukusela esitratweni, ukuthenga okanye ukuthatha i-heroin kunye ne-crack, okanye balinde umrhumo wabo we-methadone kwiziko lendawo yokubuyisela kwimeko yesiqhelo esekelwe phezu kwe-arcade yeevenkile. esithunzela uluntu lwasesitalatweni kunye nokuqhambuka koqhambuko. Abathengi badlula, abanye bejonge kwisiphithiphithi, abanye bejonge phantsi, bengafuni ukutsalelwa ngempazamo kwi-hullabaloo yeziyobisi. Ibhinqa eliselula, ulusu oludlakadlaka, iimpahla ezikrazukileyo, amazinyo abolayo, elisele likhulile ngeminyaka lithuka elinye ilungu lasekuhlaleni. Ubuso bakhe obunzima bundikhumbuza abantu endibabonileyo eKabul abaye baba likhoboka le-heroin, abantu abahlala phantsi kwebhulorho, bedibene ngokwamaqela amancinci, iintloko phantsi kwesikhafu njengoko bepheka i-opium ngecephe. Amehlo abo akude โ abahlobo nosapho bathi abasekho.
Ukuba likhoboka le-heroin kwiidolophu ezihlwempuzekileyo zaseBritane kunyukile kule minyaka ili-10 idlulileyo. Kwiindibano zolwaphulo-mthetho endizihambayo njengoCeba, akukho mntu ukhe athethe ngokuba esi sibhambathiso sikwixabiso eliphantsi singene sisuka khona, eyona nto iphambili ekucingelwa ukuba โyipolitiki kakhuluโ. Kodwa eneneni, unikezelo lwe-heroin eBritani luye lwakhathala kule minyaka ilishumi idlulileyo, oko kukuthi ngenxa 'yenguquko yelanga' e-Afghanistan. Oku kuye kwavumela amafama ukuba asebenzise umbane oveliswa kwiipaneli zelanga ukumpompa amanzi angasetyenziswanga ukusuka kwiimitha ezili-100 phantsi kwentlango. Ngoku, apho kwakukade kukho ibhanti lothuli olomileyo, ngoku kukho amasimi epoppy echumileyo, iintshinga zombala ezikhanyisa intlango, isivuno esinengeniso eninzi kakhulu ukuze amafama ase-Afghan adlule.
Uninzi lwamasimi asandula ukuqhakaza aseHelmand, iphondo lase-Afghan apho iBritane yabelwa ukulwa neTaliban. IBritane nayo yathunywa, kwiNkomfa yaMazwe ngaMazwe ye-Bonn ka-2001 e-Afghanistan, uxanduva lokulwa ne-narcotics e-Afghanistan. Ukuthathela ingqalelo i-Afghanistan yayililizwe lokuqala kwihlabathi apho kwasetyenziswa iidrones ezixhobileyo - ukubulawa okungaphumelelanga kwe-2001 kuka-Osama Bin Laden - kwaye emva kokuba isetyenziswe "njengendawo yokudlala yezizwe zangaphandle ukubulala ama-Afghan njengomdlalo wevidiyo" - njengomnye wam wase-Afghan omncinci. abahlobo bakhe bandichazela; akunakwenzeka kakhulu ukuba ii-Arhente zoBuntlola zaseBritani zazingazi ngeshishini elisandula ukuqhakaza, uninzi lwayo lukhula eHelmand, 'i-hotspot' yogwayimbo lwe-drone kunye nokucupha emoyeni. Namhlanje i-Afghanistan ivelisa i-90% ye-heroin yehlabathi, i-3% yabemi base-Afghan bangamakhoboka, kwaye imveliso yesityalo iphindwe kabini, ukusuka kwiitoni ze-3,700 ngo-2012, ukuya kwii-9,000 zeetoni ngo-2017.
Kwaye ke, kwidolophu yasekhaya, ukunqongophala, ulwaphulo-mthetho, ungquzulwano kunye nazo zonke izinto ezingalunganga ezinxulumene nzulu. Iidrone zithunyelwa ukuba โzicombululeโ ingxaki. Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, ubuncinci amapolisa angama-40 ase-UK athenge idrone okanye anofikelelo ekusebenziseni enye. Kwindawo yaseSussex naseSurrey, kukho iidrone ezingama-23 kwaye, ngokweNkululeko yoLwazi yamva nje, zisetyenziswe amaxesha angama-108 phakathi kukaJanuwari-Juni ka-2020.
Abantu base-Afghan baphakathi kweembacu ezihlanjwe kwiilwandle zethu kwiinqanawa ezithambileyo, ijelo labo elinqumlayo lijongwe kwaloo drone yoMlindi mnye wayedla ngokubhengeza imfazwe eyabakhupha kwilizwe labo. Abona bantu basemngciphekweni kuluntu lwethu, ukusuka eBritane ukuya e-Afghanistan, babanjwe sisibetho se-heroin kunye nokuvutha kobundlobongela obubangelwa yimfazwe. "Amehlo esibhakabhakeni," iidrones zokucupha, aziyi kusinceda ukuba siqonde ezi zinyani. Ukwanda kweedrones ezixhobileyo kuya kuzisa usizi olungakumbi.
Umfutho wamaphulo okuvalwa kwezigcayiseli, iziqhushumbisi eziziintlanganisela kunye nezixhobo zenyukliya zaqala ngeenzame ezinzulu zokuthetha inyaniso malunga nemfazwe nemfazwe. Ndiyathemba ukuba idrone yokucupha iya kufumana umyalezo ipeyintwe kwiibhanile ezinkulu esizibambileyo, simi ecaleni kolwandle lwethu, sibhengeza ulwamkelo lwababaleki kunye nokulangazelela uxolo.
UMaya Evans ngumntu webhunga kwidolophu yakowabo; unoxanduva lokusingqongileyo kwendalo kunye nokuzonwabisa. Ukwangumququzeleli weqela loxolo Voices for Creative Non-Violence UK (www.vvc.org.uk) kwaye uye watyelela iKabul ngamaxesha e-10 kwiminyaka eyi-10 edluleyo.
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