Izolo, ngihlangane nentombazanyana okuthiwa uGuljumma. Uneminyaka eyisikhombisa ubudala, futhi uhlala e-Kabul endaweni ebizwa nge-Helmand Refugee Camp District 5.
UGuljumma wakhuluma ngokwenzeka ekuseni ngonyaka odlule lapho elele ekhaya eningizimu ye-Afghanistan Helmand Valley. Cishe ngo-5 ekuseni, kwaqhuma amabhomu. Abanye abantu bomndeni wakhe bafa. Ulahlekelwe ingalo.
Ngephimbo elithambile leqiniso, uGuljumma wachaza lezo zenzakalo. Ubaba wakhe, u-Wakil Tawos Khan, uhlezi eduze kwakhe. Ukhiphe amakhophi amafomu asemthethweni awathumele kuhulumeni wase-Afghan.
Njengabanye abazali ababebuthene etendeni elingcolile kule nkambi engcolile, uKhan akakafiki ndawo ngemigudu esemthethweni. Uzama ukunakekela indodakazi yakhe. Futhi unemisebenzi eyengeziwe ngoba ungummeleli wemindeni eyi-100 ekamu, engaphezulu kancane kunemisele, izakhiwo zodaka namaseyili amadala.
UKhan wakhomba isikhwama sepulasitiki esinamakhilogremu ambalwa erayisi. Kwakuwumthwalo wakhe ukuhlukanisela imindeni eyikhulu ilayisi.
Izinto eziyisisekelo ezifana nokudla zifika ngezikhathi ezithile ekamu, kusho uKhan. Iminikelo ivela kosomabhizinisi base-Afghan. Uhulumeni wase-Afghanistan wenza okuncane kakhulu. IZizwe Ezihlangene azisizi. Kanjalo nohulumeni wase-US.
UKhan ugcizelele ukulangazelela kwakhe ukusebenza. Sinamakhono, wathi - sinikeze umhlaba futhi simbe umthombo, futhi sizokwenza okunye. Ngenxa yokuzwakala kwezwi lakhe, ithemba liyaphela.
Ungasho ukuthi okokugcina uGuljumma noyise baba nokuxhumana okunengqondo nohulumeni wase-US kwakungenkathi ubaqhumisa ngamabhomu.
Ukube izinkulumo beziyiqiniso, lena bekungaba impi emayelana nokugcina izindinganiso zobuntu. Kodwa i-rhetoric ayilona iqiniso.
Ukucekelwa phansi kwale mpi kuyiqiniso kuGuljumma noyise. Futhi ngamakhulu emindeni e-Helmand Refugee Camp District 5. Futhi, empeleni, ngezigidi zabantu base-Afghan. Udlame lwale mpi - lwezempi, lwezomnotho nezenhlalo - luqhubeka lucekela phansi ikusasa. Nsuku zonke nasebusuku.
Ingabe uhulumeni wase-US uzimisele ukumsiza ngempela uGuljumma, manje osehlala ubusuku nemini endaweni engcolile yekamu lababaleki? Ingabe uhulumeni uzimisele ukusebenzisa imali elingana nezindleko zekhanda lempi elilodwa ukumsiza?
Kuze kube manje, impendulo isobala ngamanyala. Kodwa mhlawumbe singaphoqelela uguquko ngokuthintana nabameleli kanye nezigele eWashington futhi sifune isinyathelo - ku-Guljumma, ku-Wakil Tawos Khan, kuzo zonke ezinye izakhamuzi ezihlala isikhathi eside ze-Helmand Refugee Camp District 5 kanye nazo zonke izisulu zempi e-Afghanistan.
Impumelelo yentombazane eyodwa noma ikamu elilodwa lababaleki kungaba isinyathelo esiwusizo somntwana ekubuyiseleni izinto ezibalulekile manje osekuthi uhulumeni wase-US asebenzise cishe amaphesenti angama-90 esabelomali sakhe se-Afghanistan emizamweni yezempi.
I-Washington esemthethweni ingaqala umnyakazo ekuhlonipheni manje. I-Helmand Refugee Camp District 5 itholakala kalula. Kusenhlokodolobha yase-Afghanistan, ku-Charahe Qambar Road. Uhulumeni osebenzisa amasistimu okuqondisa ngesathelayithi ukuze aqondise imicibisholo kufanele akwazi ukuyithola.
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UNorman Solomon ungumqondisi omkhulu we-Institute for Public Accuracy kanye nombhali wezincwadi eziningi ezihlanganisa nethi "War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Us Spinning Us to die." Abafundi abafisa ukusiza izakhamuzi zamakamu ababaleki e-Kabul bangenza umnikelo odonswa intela ku-PARSA, inhlangano engekho ngaphansi kukahulumeni ehlinzeka ngokuqeqeshwa kwemisebenzi yezandla kanye nokuqashwa kwabantu base-Afghan abangenamakhaya. Iminikelo ingenziwa ngewebhusayithi www.afghanistan-parsa.org noma ngesheke ku-: PARSA, PO Box 31292, Seattle, WA 98103.