Ekuseni ngoSepthemba okufudumele kakhulu eKabul, amadoda, abesifazane, nezingane abaningana bahlala phansi kukhaphethi wekamelo e-Afghan Peace Volunteers'. Isikhungo se-Borderfree. Abesifazane bahlangana ndawonye. Bonke bagqoka ama-burqa, kodwa ngenxa yokushisa baphusha amaveli ensimbi aluhlaza emuva, beveza ubuso babo. Iningi lamadoda ligqoka amajazi esintu nezigqoko ze-pakol.
Abazali kanye nezingane ngokufanayo bamlalele uMasoma, owesifazane osemusha wase-Afghan oxhumanisa โIsikole Sezingane Zase-Streetโ seSikhungo. Uchaza ngokubaluleka kokuhambela njalo, futhi abazali banqekuzisa ikhanda bevuma. Iningi labafundi abayi-100 lifika ngesikhathi emakilasini abo angoLwesihlanu, kodwa idlanzana lalisanda kweqa, libonakala kuphela ngosuku lapho isikhungo sikhipha ukudla kwanyanga zonke kwemindeni yase-Street Kids.
NgoLwesihlanu olwedlule, labo ababephuthelwe amakilasi angaphezu kwamabili ngaphambi kosuku lokwabiwa kokudla bahambe belambathaโisifundo esinzima, kodwa othisha bamavolontiya banomuzwa wokuthi kufanele balandele uhlu olufushane lwemithetho elawula isikhungo. Noma ubani ophuthelwa amakilasi izikhathi ezimbili noma ngaphezulu ngenyanga ngeke asithole isabelo.
Uzakwabo kaMasoma, uDkt. Hakim, uyasukuma futhi enze izicelo ezimbili ezibuthuntu. Uthi: โNgicela uphakamise isandla sakho, uma wena nomkhaya wakho ninezinsiza okungenani ezanele zokuhlangabezana nezidingo zenu eziyisisekelo.โ
Cishe izandla eziyisithupha ziphakanyisiwe. Okulandelayo ucela abantu ukuthi baphakamise isandla uma bengakwazi ukuziphilisa. Izandla eziyisikhombisa zikhuphuka. U-Hakim uthi inhlangano yakhe ifuna ukusiza imindeni ukuthi ikwazi ukuzimela ukuze uma izingane zayo seziphumile e-Street Kids School, zibe nenye indlela yokuthola izinto ezibalulekile njengobhontshisi, ilayisi namafutha okupheka.
Manje u-Hakim ucela abantu ukuthi baphakamise izandla uma bengakwazi ukuthumela ilungu lomndeni elilodwa, njengomfowethu osekhulile, esifundweni sezinyanga ezintathu sendlela yokukhanda omakhalekhukhwini. Umbono wamukelwe kahle. Kusatshalaliswa amaphepha ezincwadi ukuze kuqoqwe amagama abazali, futhi, uma kungenzeka, nezinombolo zomakhalekhukhwini. Abesifazane abaningi bafuna usizo lukaMasoma ukuze babhale amagama abo. Uyabaqinisekisa ukuthi uzohlala exhumana nabo.
Insizwa ende, uHabib, ephethe ithileyi elikhulu likabhanana nama-apula, ngesizotha inikeza isivakashi ngasinye isithelo. Eminyakeni eyisithupha edlule, amalungu e-Afghan Peace Volunteers ayenobungani noHabib lapho ehlangana naye endaweni ephithizelayo yemakethe. Uyise wabulawa ngesikhathi kuqhuma ibhomu eKabul. Ngikhumbula ngimbuka esebenza emgwaqeni ogcwele izintuli, ominyene emini yantambama ebanda kakhulu ngemva nje kokuba yena nomndeni wakhe behlala emjondolo omubi e-Kabul. Umfowabo omncane wahamba eduze kwakhe, embamba isandla, uHabib ephethe isikali ecela abantu ukuba bazikala kuso. UHabib wayebukeka edangele futhi ekhathazekile. Osemusha onamahloni nokhathazekile wayehlale eshaywa umalume owayezama ukumphoqa ukuba ajoyine amasosha; uyabona manje ukuthi uHabib wahlakanipha ngokubalekela amasosha.
Namuhla, uHabib uphakeme phezu kwami. Izolo, ukhulume ngokulangazela emhlanganweni weqembu elincane asizile ukuhlela ngezindlela zokwakha ubudlelwano obunakekelayo. Eminyakeni emithathu edlule, uye wafunda ukufunda nokubhala futhi ubelokhu ephambili emakilasini akhe esikoleni sikahulumeni. Uye wathuthukisa namakhono athile okwakha. Lapho ngiphawula ukuthi izindonga eziningana kulesi sikhungo zazilungiswa futhi zisanda kupendwa, uMasoma wamamatheka ngenjabulo. โHabib!โ uthi. โWayewusizo olukhulu.โ
Abantu abadala abambalwa bahlala eduze kwengadi yalesi sikhungo enomthunzi, egcwele izihlahla zezithelo, imivini, amakhambi nezimbali. Amanye amaVolontiya Okuthula Ase-Afghan asebenzise izindlela ze-permaculture ukuklama nokulima indawo. Abanye basanda kuzinikela โeqenjini lamandla avuselelekayo.โ Ngonyaka odlule, ithimba lasiza imindeni engamashumi amane nane ukuthola amandla elanga. Kulo nyaka banethemba lokwandisa umzamo.
Esontweni eledlule, amavolontiya asemasha ahlangene ukuze ahlelele ingqungquthela ezayo ethi โEndleni Eya Ekuthuleniโ. Lona kuzoba umbuthano wesithathu waminyaka yonke wamaVolontiya Wokuthula Afghan wabahlanganyeli abavela esifundazweni ngasinye kwezingamashumi amathathu nane zase-Afghanistan. Ingqungquthela inikeza izinsuku ezine zokufunda okujulile nokutholakala mayelana nokuqonda kwamasiko ahlukene, ukungabi nabudlova, nezindlela zokuqeda impi.
Izolo, mina noDkt. Hakim sacela ukuthula okuphelele ngaphakathi โkwehhovisiโ lalesi sikhungoโigumbi elikhulu eligcwele amakhabethe ezincwadi, amakhabethe amafayili, omata, nemicamelo eqinile. Maphakathi negumbi, inqwaba yezintambo nezintambo zikagesi zixhunywe ebhethrini lamandla elanga, ifeni, umzila, kanye neqoqo lomakhalekhukhwini namakhompyutha aphathekayo.
Ngaphambili, Amy Goodman of Intando yeningi Manje! wayememe uDkt. Hakim kanye nami ukuthi sibambe iqhaza ezingxoxweni mayelana nesinqumo sikaMongameli uTrump esisheshayo soku Misa umhlangano oyimfihlo wathi uwuhlele phakathi kwakhe, uMongameli wase-Afghanistan u-Ashraf Ghani, nabamele iTaliban abebehlangene nenxusa laseMelika u-Zalmay Khalilzad. Sihlezi phansi, sagoqana phezu kwe-laptop kaDkt. Hakim eguge kahle silindile Intando yeningi Manje! onjiniyela ukuxhumana nathi nge-Skype.
Mina no-Hakim saphakamisa ukuthi akekho uTrump nanoma yimuphi wabaxoxisana nabo e-Doha ababebambe iqhaza ohlelweni lokuthula lwangempela. Kunalokho, kwakuyisiyaluyalu esinonya, uhlangothi ngalunye lufuna amandla amakhulu ngokubonisa ukuzimisela kwalo ukubulala abantu abangenacala.
Abantu abaningi abahlala e-Afghanistan besaba kakhulu ukwanda kwamandla eTaliban phezu kwamadolobha abo, amadolobhana, imigwaqo kanye nengqalasizinda ewohlokayo. Ubugebengu bezempi baseTaliban buvame ukuvela emithonjeni yezindaba yomhlaba wonke. Okungacace kangako kubantu base-US, kodwa okwesabekayo kubantu base-Afghanistan, kuyizenzo ubuphekula basemoyeni eqhutshwa njalo amasosha ase-United States.
Ukubhalela I-Daily Beast ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, Andrew Quilty kuchazwe ukuthi omunye umndeni wase-Afghan esifundazweni saseHelmand wahlaselwa kanjani ngonya emzini wawo ngoNovemba odlule. Amasosha amabili eTaliban ayefike emzini wabo, ephikelela ukuthi u-Obaidullah, umninikhaya, abavumele bangene. Wabancenga ukuba bahambe, kodwa esikhundleni salokho abalwi beTaliban badubula ohlakeni lwamasosha ase-United States kanye nase-Afghan. Ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho, indiza yase-United States i-A-10 Warthog yazulazula emzini ka-Obaidullah.
โIzinhlamvu ezingamakhulukhuluโizinhlamvu ezilingana nezaqathi ezinkuluโezidutshulwe yisikhali esiklanyelwe ukukhubaza amathangi ahlomile, zaphuma esibhamuni sendiza iGatling,โ kubhala uQuilty. โAmasosha amabili eTaliban abebalekile. Kunalokho, u-Obaidullah kanye nendodana yakhe eneminyaka eyishumi nanhlanu u-Esmatullah babulawa; abanye abayishumi nantathu baphuke amathambo kanye nokulimala kusuka ekhanda kuya ozwaneni. Omunye umfana, u-Ehsanullah oneminyaka eyishumi nane ubudala, walahlekelwa amehlo akhe womabili.โ
Phakathi ku umbiko mayelana nezisulu zezakhamuzi, i-United Nations Assistance Mission eya e-Afghanistan yathi ukwanda kwesibalo sabantu abashona ngo-2019 ngenxa yokwanda kwempi yomoya yase-US ezweni. Ngaphezu kwalokho, inqwaba yokuhlasela ebusuku okwenziwe ngamasosha ahlangene ase-US/Afghan kuhlasele imindeni eyabulawa izihlobo zayo phambi kwayo. Abantu base-Afghan abavamile engihlangane nabo evikini elidlule bazi kahle ngokuhlasela ebusuku futhi baxhumanisa iphethini enyantisayo yokubulawa kwezakhamuzi kubaqeqeshi base-United States kanye ne-CIA.
Ngaphambi kokuthi uDonald Trump ahoxise ukubamba iqhaza kwe-US, bekunezingxoxo eziyisishiyagalolunye, futhi isithunywa esikhethekile saseMelika uZalmay Khalilzad bekumele sisondele esivumelwaneni "sokuthula" neTaliban.
Inqubo yokuthula kwangempela izobamba zonke izinhlangothi ezilwayo ziphendule ngamacala obugebengu obubhekiswe esintwini futhi izobiza ukuthi kuqedwe ngokushesha impi yase-US kanye ne-NATO e-Afghanistan. Izokhuthaza i-United States ukuthi ivume ngokuzithoba ukunganaki kokuhlasela kwayo kanye nokusebenza kwayo. Amaqembu athembekile angekho ngaphansi kukahulumeni azocelwa ukuthi akhe izindlela zokuthi abantu base-Afghan bathole ukunxeshezelwa okuvela kuwo wonke amazwe abambe iqhaza eminyakeni eyishumi nesishiyagalombili edlule yempi. Labo abanomthwalo wemfanelo wokuphishekela inqubo yokuthula kwangempela bazodinga abeluleki nabeluleki. Ngincoma amavolontiya okuthula ase-Afghan.
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