USultan, umntakwabo Ali, wabulawa ngo-Agasti 2016.
U-Hussein, umalume ka-Bismillah, wabulawa ngo-Epreli ka-2017.
Andifuni ukuba uRahman, umntakwabo Inaam, agqibele ngokubulawa. Ngoku uRahman uqeqeshelwa ukuba lijoni.
Bobabini uSultan noHussein babengamajoni ase-Afghan kwiminyaka yabo yamashumi amabini. Bangena emkhosini kuba yayingekho eminye imisebenzi enokufumaneka. Iintsapho zabo zazifuna ukutya. UHussein wabulawa kwiPhondo laseHelmand, apho kwiminyaka eli-15 edluleyo, amapolisa ali-18,000 XNUMX (ngaphandle kokubalwa amajoni okanye abemi) abulawa..
UNewton wayeya kuzibuza ukuba kutheni sisilela ukusebenzisa imithetho yenzululwazi kwindlela abantu abaziphatha ngayo; kwisenzo ngasinye, kukho ukusabela okulinganayo nokuchasayo. Okukhona 'iintshaba' ezibulala imikhosi namajoni, kokukhona amajoni esanda kunye abantu abangalwiyo baya kubulawa.
Amanani abantu abenzakeleyo e-Afghanistan nakwezinye iindawo angqina oku. I I-Global Terrorism Index ka-2015 irekhode ukwanda okuphindwe kasithoba kokusweleka okunxulumene nobunqolobi ukusukela ngo-2000. Imfazwe ayisebenzi!
U-Inaam, ongumfundi wasesitalatweni ofunda iBorderfree Afghan Street Kids School, waye wandithatha wandisa kwigumbi eliqeshisayo losapho lwakhe ukuze ndenze uphando lwasekhaya lonyaka. Kulapho ndeva khona umamakhe ebalisa ibali likaRahman. Ndaziva ndiphakuzela kancinci, nangona ndandingazange ndidibane noRahman ngaphambili.
“Unyana wam uye wafowuna esithi uziva ebuhlungu. Izandla zakhe zazinamadyungudyungu kuqeqesho lomkhosi. Bamqeqeshela ukudubula,” wandixelela umama wakhe, iminwe yakhe ishukuma ngokungathi ‘utsala umnxeba’. Uye wanqumama, emva koko waqhubeka enovalo, “Uthe akafuni kuqhubeka. Ndikhalile. Wandixelela ukuba ndingalili, ndisithi, ‘Bubomi obu mama.
Wathatha iqhiya yakhe wasula iinyembezi 'ezazibhuqeka' ngokukhawuleza phezu kweebhegi zamehlo akhe. Kanye njengoko bendikhe ndayibona amaxesha amaninzi ngaphambili kwisimo sase-Afghan, waziqinisa kwimizuzwana nje, watsala amagxa akhe umva kancinci, waliginya ixhala lakhe, waphinda wajonga phezulu.
Ndeva isidumbe, ilizwi lakhe lingenakuzenzela nto. UInaam ebehleli ngasefestileni. Bendimbona ukuba ukhathazekile.
Njengomkhuhlane ophambeneyo, ndabona imbali enegazi loluntu ithontelana ukuya kwigumbi le-spartan eKabul. Iqula lamanzi ebaleni ngaphandle lalisele lomile lada lafikelela kwithontsi lokugqibela ingxaki enkulu yamanzi eKabul. Ngoxa iinkokeli zehlabathi zifaka imali kwishishini lokulwa nokubulala, akukho mntu unikela ingqalelo ekuphelisweni kwamanzi.
Njengomdlalo ovela kumboniso bhanyabhanya ophinda udlalwe kumdlali wevidiyo ongasebenzi kakuhle, ndabona uRahman erhubuluza kwintlabathi evuthayo, eyomileyo yasentlango, ukubila okubandayo okuphelelwe ngamanzi ebunzi.
“Xa uRahman wafowuna, wabuza enoba u-Inaam wayebuya 'emsebenzini' kwangethuba busuku ngabunye, kunokuba abuye 9.30 ntambama, xa ‘zonke iintlobo zolwaphulo-mthetho neziganeko zisanda ezitratweni’. Ngenxa yokukhathazeka, ndabetha uInaam kanye ngokubuya ebusuku kakhulu. Ndandingafuni ukumohlwaya, kodwa ndandinexhala lezinto ezimbi ezazisenzeka kuye. Usemncinci kangaka.”
U-Inaam uneminyaka eli-13 ubudala. Ndaphendula ndathi, “Kutheni u-Inaam engandixelelanga ukuba uRahman unethemba lokuqhubeka nezifundo zakhe kwisikolo sasebusuku? Akwaba ndandiyazile ingcinga yakhe yokungena emkhosini!” Ukucatshukiswa kwam zizigqibo ezingephi zobomi zazicacile.
“U-Inaam ebengafuni ukuba wazi ukuba sivaleleke kwesi sidima. Njengoko nisazi, utata ka Inaam likhoboka leziyobisi, kwaye sineengxaki ezininzi. Asizixeleli mntu izinto ezinjalo,” ucacise watsho umama kaInaam. U-Inaam akazange ambone utata wakhe iminyaka engaphezu kwesixhenxe. Uyise ukwelinye iphondo, akakwazi ukukhaba umkhwa wakhe weziyobisi, yaye akalunanzanga ucelomngeni olufanayo lokuphelelwa lithemba ekhaya. Uqhubekile umama kaInaam, “Kwaye, uInaam akangomntwana ukhalazayo. Uya esikolweni aze asebenze. Uyeza ekhaya, yaye uyaphulaphula. Akasiniki ngxaki.”
Ndamqinisekisa ndathi, “Akukho ‘zintloni’ ekusebenzeni nzima koonyana bakho ukuze baziphilise. AmaVolontiya oXolo ase-Afghan lusapho, kwaye 'ayilontloni' ukuba amalungu osapho ancede ukuba kunokwenzeka. Nceda ucele uRahman ukuba asihlangabeze xa etyelele ekhaya, kwaye mhlawumbi, sinokuxoxa ngeendlela zomsebenzi.”
Umama ka Inaam wanika uInaam imiyalelo. Ugxadazele kwipaseji engaphandle kwegumbi, ephindwe kabini njengekhitshi, wabuya ngokukhawuleza, ebeke ipleyiti yeediliya ezihlanjiweyo phambi kwam.
Okufunekayo kukutya okusetafileni, kunikwe amandla ngomsebenzi ondilisekileyo. Kodwa, iphi imisebenzi enemivuzo enesidima engabandakanyi ukuxhaphaza nokubulala? Ukuba ubizo lokukhetha uxolo, ziphi iinketho zemihla ngemihla? Kutheni uxolo, ubulungisa kwezoqoqosho, kunye namaqela okusingqongileyo kungenakudibanisa iinzame zabo kunye ukulungisa iingxaki zabo ezifanayo, ezikhuthazwa nguNaomi Klein njengokunzulu 'ubudlelwane phakathi kwemiba kunye neentshukumo, ukuze izisombululo zethu zijongane neengxaki ezininzi ngexesha elinye'? Oku ngokuqinisekileyo bekuya kuquka ukunika uRahman imisebenzi engenabundlobongela, njengendlela ebambekayo 'yomsindisa'.
Kutheni ndingenakwenza nto ngale nto?
Njengoko sasihamba ngeebhayisekile zethu, u-Inaam walatha iindonga eziqinisiweyo zekonkile yesakhiwo somkhosi esikumakhulu ambalwa eemitha kude nekhaya lakhe. Iindonga ezishinyeneyo zazaphukile ngokungathi zezephepha, kuhlaselo lwesiqhushumbisi sokuzibulala kwiinyanga ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo.
“Ndandingekho ekhaya. Umlo uqhube iiyure ezimbalwa emva kogqabhuko-dubulo,” utshilo u-Inaam. Bendimcingela nje umama wakhe owothukileyo ehleli egumbini yedwa esonge imilenze, eziluma imilebe, ephaphatheka lixhala.
Iingcinga zam zahlala zijikeleza uRahman, ndikhangela indlela eqinisekileyo yokumkhulula kubugeza bemfazwe nokufa. Njani?
Bendikhe ndaliva ilizwi likaRahman emnxebeni, xa ndifowuna ndicela uInaam eze eCentre. Oku kwakungaphambi kokuba uRahman abizelwe emkhosini. Ukuva nje ilizwi, nelomntu ongamaziyo, kunokusidibanisa nobuntu bomntu. “Uphi? Xeshani? Kulungile! Ndizomxelela Inaam. Enkosi."
Ngaloo mini, njengoko ndandihamba ngebhayisekile ndibuyela e- Iziko lokungaxhatshazwa kweBorderfree apho u-Ali, uBismillah kunye namaVolontiya oXolo e-Afghan baqonda ukuba yonke intlekele kunye nawo wonke umntu uqhagamshelwe, intliziyo yam yayibetha ngamandla.
Ndandivakalelwa kukuba ‘ikamva’ likaRahman lalinxulunyaniswa nelam yaye ngoku lalibotshelelwe kwibhombu yexesha elibukhali eyayiza kulandela umthetho kaNewton.
Damn, andifuni ukuba uRahman agqibele ngokubulawa.
UDkt. Hakim, (uDkt. Teck Young, Wee) ugqirha waseSingapore owenze umsebenzi wobuntu kunye nentlalo yoluntu e-Afghanistan iminyaka engaphezulu kwe-10 iminyaka, kubandakanywa nomcebisi Amavolontiya Wokuthula ase-Afghanistan, Iqela eliphakathi kweentlanga zabase-Afghan abancinci abazinikezele ekwakheni iindlela ezingezona ubundlobongela kwimfazwe. Ungummkeli we-2012 we-International Pfeffer Peace Prize kunye nommkeli we-2017 we-Singapore Medical Association Merit Award ngegalelo kwinkonzo yentlalo yoluntu.
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