Inkulumompikiswano enkulu yase-Afghanistan eWashington ayikona ukuthi kudingeka amasosha engeziwe, kodwa ukuthi kufanele abe ngubani: amaMelika noma ama-Afghan - Us noma Them. Njengoba ngisanda kuchitha isikhathi e-Afghanistan ngibona ukuthi izinto zimi kanjani, angizange ngibheje Ngazo.
Eqinisweni, nami bengingeke ngibheje Ngathi. Eminyakeni eyisishiyagalombili, amasosha aseMelika asekhathele ukwamukelwa kwawo. Khona kanye ukuba khona kwabo manje kubangela ukuphikiswa, kodwa leyo ngenye indaba. Ngabo - ama-Afghan - engifuna ukukhuluma ngawo.
Ama-Afghan angama-Afghan. Banomlando wabo siqu, isiko labo, izindlela zabo zokucabanga nokuziphatha, konke kuyinkimbinkimbi yisipiliyoni sesimanje sempi yamashumi eminyaka, ukufuduka, ubumpofu obudlulele, nokugxambukela okungapheli kohulumeni bangaphandle eduze nakude - okuyi-United States. bekulokhu kunamandla kakhulu futhi ephikelela. Abantu base-Afghan abacabangi noma benze njengabantu baseMelika. Nokho abaseMelika abasemandleni bayenqaba ukubamba lelo phuzu eliphazamisayo.
Ekushiseni kwaleli hlobo, ngaphuma ngaya ezinkundleni zokuqeqesha eduze kwaseKabul lapho amasosha ase-Afghan abuthwa khona, futhi kwabonakala ngokushesha ukuthi yini elahlekayo ekuhumusheni. Abaqeqeshi bethu, amasosha avela ku-Illinois National Guard, ayengompetha. Njengochwepheshe kanye namakhono aphezulu, babezinikele ekwenzeni umsebenzi wabo - nokwenza umsebenzi kahle. Futhi babebakhulu, beqinile, befihlekile, begqoke izikhali zokulwa, amadoda aseMelika amakhulu, imizimba yawo ivuvukele amajakhethi agqagqene futhi eklajwe ngemimese, izibhamu, futhi unkulunkulu wazi ukuthi yini enye. Noma yimuphi umMelika angaziqhenya ngokuzibophezela kwawo emsebenzini onzima.
Ama-Afghan ayengelutho uma eqhathaniswa: Amakhulu kaDavids amancane kumaGoliyathi aseMelika agcwele kakhulu abaqeqesha. Khumbula: Abaqashiwe base-Afghan bavela ezweni elimpofu kakhulu. Bacishe bangondlekile ngendlela efanayo futhi banesisindo esiphansi. Eziningi azikhudlwana kunami (5'4" futhi zizacile) โ futhi ezinye cishe azinamandla kakhulu. Njengami, abaningi bacwila ngaphansi kwesisindo sejakhethi ye-flack yendaba evamile.
Abaqeqeshi babo baseMelika bakhulume "ngokuntula amandla omzimba aphezulu" futhi basho ama-pushups ngoba abaqeqeshwayo babo babopha ngaphansi kojosaka abagcwele amakhilogremu angu-50 wezinto zokusebenza kanye nezinhlamvu okulindeleke ukuba bazithwale. Konke lokhu kwaziswa kufanele kubonakale kungenangqondo emadodeni angoyise nabafowabo, egqoke kuphela amahembe amadala kakotini namabhulukwe agugile okuphila kwansuku zonke futhi ephethe izibhamu zaseRussia Kalashnikov ezishaywayo, anqoba iRed Army emashumini amabili eminyaka edlule. Abaqeqeshi baseMelika bayamangala ukuthi, ekhululwe ezinsizeni nasezimfaneni, amasosha ase-Afghan angagijima anqamule izintaba usuku lonke - njengoba abashokobezi baseTaliban eqinisweni benza ngomphumela omuhle - kodwa amasosha ase-US azimisele ukuwaqeqeshela esinye isitayela sempi.
Noma kunjalo, abasanda kungena emsebenzini bazoqeqeshelwa ukushisa okushisayo ogwadule olunamatshe, begqoke ngaphansi komfaniswano wabo osindayo, izingubo ezihlakaniphile ezibomvu, eziluhlaza, nezimnyama zokufudumeza ezihloselwe ukubakhuthaza ukuba bazivocavoce bengekho emsebenzini. Abaqeqeshi baseMelika bayaqaphela ukuthi abaqashiwe bagqoka njalo konke amagiya abo ngesikhathi esisodwa ngenxa yokwesaba ukuthi othile uzontshontsha noma yini esele ekamu, kodwa bathatha lokhu kugqokiswa ngokweqile njengophawu lokuthi abantu base-Afghan bathanda kangakanani amasosha. Okwami โโukufunda, ngokusekelwe kulokho engikubonile ngempilo yase-Afghan phakathi neminyaka engiyichithe kulelo zwe, yilokhu: Kuwuphawu lokuthi bathembana kancane kangakanani, noma abaseMelika ababanikeze amasudi ahlabayo. Ngicabanga ukuthi futhi kubonisa okusobala: ukuthi la madoda ampofu ezweni elingenamsebenzi ajoyine i-Afghan National Army ngalokho abangakuthola kuyo (futhi bakugcine noma ukudayisa) - futhi lokho akubandakanyi intando yeningi noma udumo.
Engxoxweni yamanje yenqubomgomo mayelana neMpi yase-Afghan eWashington, uSihlalo weKomidi leSenate Armed Services uCarl Levin ufuna abantu base-Afghan bavikele izwe labo. USenator John McCain, oyisikhulu seRepublican ekomitini, uyavuma kodwa uthi badinga usizo olwengeziwe kubantu baseMelika abaningi. Isizathu esivumelanayo - indawo engcwele uMongameli Obama ayiphumputhayo - ukuthi, noma yini enye eyenzekayo, i-US kumele isheshise ukuqeqeshwa "kwamabutho ezokuphepha ase-Afghan."
Abahleli bezempi baseMelika kanye nabakhi benqubomgomo sebevele baqhubeka sengathi, ngokuqeqeshwa okwanele, abantu base-Afghan bangaguqulwa babe imodeli yesikali, i-American Marines yomoya. Ngeke kwenzeke lokho. Hhayi manje. Hhayi njalo. Noma bangaki abaholi bethu abavumelana nalokho kumele kwenzeke - futhi ngokushesha.
"Basic Warrior Training"
Obani-ke laba masosha? Kubandakanya i-Afghan National Army (ANA) kanye ne-Afghan National Police (ANP). Amabutho amazwe ngamazwe kanye nosonkontileka abazimele bebeqeqesha izisebenzi zase-Afghan kubo bobabili kusukela ngo-2001. Eqinisweni, ukuzimisela kwabahleli bezempi baseNtshonalanga ukwakha ibutho lesizwe kanye nombutho wamaphoyisa kuye kwaba kukhulu kangangokuthi abanye babonakala beyicindezela iminyaka eminingi imibiko yaseCanada. amasosha ngubani kufakazelwe amalungu ombutho wezokuvikela wase-Afghan ahileleka ekuzilibaziseni okuvamile, ukulalisa abafana abancane.
Ukuqeqeshwa nokuqeqeshwa kwamanje kunikezwa yi-US, Great Britain, France, Canada, Romania, Poland, Mongolia, New Zealand, ne-Australia, kanye nosonkontileka abazimele zokwenza inzuzo I-MPRI, KBR (eyake yaba ingxenye yeHalliburton), Pulau, I-Paravant, kanye I-RONCO.
Cishe iminyaka eyisishiyagalombili nokubala selokhu kwaqala inqubo "yokweluleka", izikhulu e- Umbiko we-Kabul Military Training Centre ukuthi ibutho manje linamasosha aphakathi kuka-88,000 92,000 no-28,800 2011, kuye ngokuthi ukhuluma nobani; futhi izifundo eziyisisekelo zokuqeqesha ezixhaswa futhi eziholwa abantu baseMelika, ezibizwa ngokuthi "Ukuqeqeshwa Kweqhawe Eliyisisekelo," zenza amasosha amasha angu-134,000 njalo ngonyaka, ngokusho kwe-Kabul Military Training Centre "ishidi lamaqiniso." โAmandla okuphelaโ amanje ahlongozwayo e-ANA, okuzofinyelelwa kuyo ngoZibandlela wezi-200,000, amadoda ayi-XNUMX; kodwa izikhulu zase-Afghan zingitshele ukuthi zihlela amabutho angu-XNUMX, kuyilapho Iphephandaba laseNtshonalanga ngokuvamile icaphuna abangu-240,000 XNUMX njengenani lokugcina.
Inombolo 400,000 kuvame ukushiwo njengesabelo esicatshangwa ukuthi sinamandla okugcina amabutho ezokuphepha ahlangene - ibutho lamasosha ayizi-240,000 kanye nombutho wamaphoyisa onamadoda ayi-160,000. Kodwa-ke izikhulu zamaPhoyisa Kazwelonke e-Afghan nazo zikhuluma ngesibalo esikhuphuke kakhulu, i-250,000, futhi zithi Amadoda we-149,000 sebeqeqeshiwe. Ukuqeqeshwa kwamaphoyisa bekulokhu kufakazela ukuthi kuyinkinga, nokho, ngokwengxenye, ngenxa yokuthi, kusukela ekuqaleni, abalingani baseYurophu babengavumelani ngokuyisisekelo nokuphatha kukaBush mayelana nokuthi kufanele kube yini indima yamaphoyisa ase-Afghan. IJalimane yaqala ukuqeqeshwa kwalokho eyayikubona njengebutho elingahlomile elalizoqondisa izimoto, linqande ubugebengu, futhi ligcine ukuhleleka komphakathi ukuze kuzuze izakhamuzi. I-US yathatha izintambo ngo-2003, yadlulisela umsebenzi kunkontileka yezempi yangasese eyenza inzuzo, I-DynCorp, futhi yaqhubeka nokukhiqiza ibutho elihlome kakhulu, elingaqondiwe, nelingaphelele ngokuphelele elalidelelwa amaKabuli futhi lesatshwa izakhamuzi zase-Afghan emaphandleni.
Ngokuphikisana nalowo mbono womphakathi owandile, isikhulu se-ANP sase-Afghan sangiqinisekisa ukuthi namuhla amaphoyisa aqeqeshwe njengamaphoyisa, hhayi njengomsizi wezempi we-ANA. "Kodwa amaphoyisa ahlukile e-Afghanistan," esho, ngoba amaphoyisa asebenza ezindaweni ezinempi.
IWashington ithumela imiyalezo exubile ngale ndaba. Ikhulisa umthwalo we-ANP kosonkontileka ozimele oqasha njengabeluleki bezomthetho baseMelika asebathatha umhlalaphansi - ibutho lesifunda saseKentucky, ummeli wesifunda saseTexas, iphoyisa laseNorth Carolina, njalonjalo. Nokho abenzi benqubomgomo baseWashington bayaqhubeka nokuhlanganisa amaphoyisa namasosha "njengamasosha ezokuphepha ase-Afghan" - izinga lamaphoyisa eliyisisekelo kakhulu "isosha" - ekuhlanganeni okufanele kube nomthelela kulokho iDynCorp ekubeka kusilabhasi yayo yokuqeqesha. Enkanjini yokuqeqesha Amaphoyisa Kazwelonke e-Afghan ngaphandle kwaseKabul, ngibuke iqembu labaqeqeshwayo lifunda (ngokungabaza) ukuthi lingasabela kanjani ekuqamekeleni okuphelele. Nakuba babehlome ngenjoloba ebomvu kuphela ama-Kalashnikov, ukujima kwakubukeka kufana namaqhinga ezempi engangiwabone ekamu lokuqeqesha amasosha.
Njengokuqeqeshwa kwamasosha, ukuqeqeshwa kwamaphoyisa, nakho, kwasheshiswa ezinyangeni ezedlule ukuze kuqinisekiswe "ukuphepha" ngesikhathi kulungiselelwa ukhetho lukamongameli. Benalowo mgomo engqondweni, abeluleki beDynCorp banciphisa izifundo eziyisisekelo zokuqeqeshwa kwamaphoyisa kusukela emasontweni ayisishiyagalombili kuya kwamathathu, okwathi ngemva kwalokho amaphoyisa athunyelwa ezigodini ezweni lonke, kuhlanganise nezindawo ezilawulwa amaTaliban. Ngemuva kokhetho, "amasosha" esikhashana amaphoyisa asindile azobuyiselwa eKabul ukuze aqhubeke nokuqeqeshwa okuyisisekelo. Okwamanje alikho igama lokuthi bangaki ababuyile.
Kufanele uzibuze ngobuhlakani bokusheshisa lo mkhiqizo obhakwe uhhafu. Ungazizwa kanjani uma amaphoyisa endaweni yangakini ededelwa, ehlome kanzima, ngemva kwamasonto amathathu okuqeqeshwa? Futhi ubungazizwa kanjani uma unikezwa izifundo zokuqeqeshwa zamasonto amathathu ngesibhamu senjoloba bese uthunyelwa, nesoqobo, ukuze uvikele izwe lakini?
Ukuqeqesha amabutho ezokuphepha akushibhile. Kuze kube manje, izindleko ezilinganiselwe zokuqeqesha nokuqeqesha amaphoyisa kusukela ngo-2001 okungenani amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-10. Noma yisiphi isibalo esithembekile ngezindleko zokuqeqesha nokuqondisa ibutho lase-Afghan kusukela ngo-2001 asibonakali njengebutho ngokwalo. Kodwa i-US okwamanje uyachitha cishe amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezine ngenyanga emisebenzini yezempi e-Afghanistan.
Abesilisa Abangabonakali
Yini engaboniswa ngakho konke lokhu kuqeqeshwa okumba eqolo? Nakuba eWashington bangase khuluma ngamasosha angu-90,000 XNUMX e-Afghan National Army, akekho oke wabika ukuthi ubona ibutho elinjalo noma yikuphi e-Afghanistan. Ngenkathi ama-US Marines angu-4,000 ethunyelwa esifundazweni saseHelmand ngoJulayi ukuze athathe iTaliban kulokho okubhekwa njengenye yezinqaba zayo, okuhambisana nawo kwakungamasosha ase-Afghan angaba ngu-600 kuphela, amanye awo okungamaphoyisa. Kungani, ungase ubuze, i-ANA, i-90,000 enamandla ngemva kweminyaka eyisishiyagalombili yokuqeqeshwa nokuqeqeshwa, ayizange ikwazi ukuphatha i-Helmand ngokwayo? Ayikho incazelo enikeziwe. Izikhulu zaseMelika kanye ne-NATO zivame ukukhononda ngokuthi amasosha ase-Afghan awakulungele "ukusebenza ngokuzimela," kodwa akekho oke akhulume nombuzo olula: Baphi?
Ukuqagela kwami โโโโokufundile ukuthi ibutho elinjalo alikho nje. Kungaba yiqiniso ukuthi amadoda ase-Afghan adlule kolunye uhlobo lwe-"Basic Warrior Training" izikhathi ezingu-90,000 noma ngaphezulu. Ngesikhathi ngifundisa e-Afghanistan kusukela ngo-2002 kuya ku-2006, ngangazi amadoda adlula ukuqeqeshwa kwe-ANA ukuze athole i-Kalashnikov ethenjisiwe kanye nenkokhelo. Babe sebebuyela ekhaya isikhashana futhi ngokuvamile babuya ngemva kwamasonto athile ukuze babhalise futhi ngegama elihlukile.
Ezweni lapho amadoda angama-40% angasebenzi, ukujoyina i-ANA amasonto angu-10 kuwumdlalo ongcono kakhulu edolobheni. Kukhulula ubumpofu bemindeni eminingi ngaso sonke isikhathi lapho indoda yomndeni ibuyela ekuqeqeshweni okuyisisekelo, kodwa kuyindlela eyinkimbinkimbi ngokungahlosile yokuletha usizo olunjalo oluncane kangaka. Amanye ala masosha ajikelezayo asekhulile mujahidin - ama-Islamist fundamentalists i-US yake yakhokhela ukulwa namaSoviet - futhi abaningi ngokungangabazeki bangamaTaliban.
Abaqeqeshi baseMelika baliqaphele iqiniso lokuthi, lapho amasosha e-ANA enikwa ilivu ngemuva kokuqeqeshwa okuyisisekelo ukuze abuyele ekhaya namaholo awo, ngokuvamile awazange abuye. Ukuze kunqandwe imikhonyovu yamasheke futhi kuncishiswe amanani akhuphukayo okulahlwa, muva nje basungule uhlelo lokudlulisela imali oluvumela amasosha ukuthi athumele inkokhelo ekhaya ngaphandle kokushiya isizinda sawo. Lokho kuzwakala njengombono omuhle, kodwa njengezixazululo eziningi ezibizayo zaseMelika ezinkingeni zase-Afghan, kugeja iphuzu. Akuyona nje imali isosha elifuna ukuyidlulisela ekhaya, futhi nalo.
Ngasekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, uhlelo lokuqeqesha lwase-US lwaba namandla kakhulu ngokwethulwa kwesikhali esenziwe e-US, isibhamu i-M-16, esafakwa phakathi nezinyanga ezine esikhundleni sikaKalashnikov ohlonishwayo. Ngisho nabaqeqeshi base-US bayavuma ukuthi, e-Afghanistan, i-Kalashnikov empeleni iyisikhali esiphezulu. Ukukhanya futhi kunembile, akudingi ukuhlanzwa ngisho nasothulini lwasogwadule oluphakeme, futhi wonke amadoda nomfana sebeyazi kahle. I-M-16 exakile futhi ezwelayo, ngakolunye uhlangothi, ingase inembe kakhudlwana emabangeni amakhudlwana, kodwa kuphela uma isosha lingakwazi ukuyigcina ihlanzekile, kuyilapho ikwazi ukulungisa nokulungisa izinto zayo ezibonakala zibucayi. Amasosha adonsa kanzima e-ANA kungenzeka angakuvumi lokho kuhlolwa, kodwa manje njengoba amasosha ase-US esedlulisele ngokukhululekile ama-M-16 awo amadala kuma-Afghans, angathenga amasha ngezindleko zabakhokhi bentela, ithemba eliqinisekile lokujabulisa inhliziyo yanoma yimuphi umkhiqizi wezikhali. . (Okwamanje, ukubonga kufanele kuye ku-Illinois National Guard ngokubeka izimpilo zabo engozini ukuze benze inzuzo enhle kangaka yebhizinisi.)
Mayelana namaphoyisa, ukuqeqeshwa okuxhaswe yi-US kunikeza umnyango ojikelezayo ofanayo. Nokho, e-Afghanistan kuyingozi kakhulu ukuba yiphoyisa kunesosha. Nakuba amasosha agadayo ekwazi ukuhlehla, amaphoyisa avaleleke ezindaweni zawo abulawa cishe zonke izinsuku. Njengoba babelwe ngamanani amancane abasebenzi eziteshini zamaphoyisa zasemadolobheni amancane noma izindawo zokuhlola zemigwaqo emikhulu, bahlezi bengamadada abalweli beTaliban. Njengabamele uhulumeni kaMongameli u-Hamid Karzai manje osenyanyiswe ngokuphelele, amaphoyisa angenalo usizi enza izinjongo ezingokomfanekiso. Abaphathi baseBrithani esifundazweni saseHelmand Kulinganiselwa ukuthi u-60% wamaphoyisa ase-Afghan asebenzisa izidakamizwa - futhi akumangazi ukuthi kungani.
Ezifundazweni zasePashtun eningizimu ye-Afghanistan, lapho iTaliban inamandla khona, ukuqasha amadoda e-Afghan National Police "kuyinkinga," njengoba umphathi we-ANP engitshele. Ngenxa yalokho, amaphoyisa angewona awe-Pashtun aqeqeshwa e-Hazara, Tajik, Uzbek, noma ezinye izizinda zobuhlanga ziyathunyelwa ukuze kugcinwe ukuhleleka endaweni yasePastun. Bangase futhi bapende okuhlosiwe emabunzini abo. Amaphoyisa abephelezela Amasosha Asolwandle ase-US esiya eSifundazweni sase-Helmand kubikwa ukuthi anqabile ukushiya abeluleki bawo abebehlome behlome ukuze bayozibulala ezigodini zezifundazwe. Amanye amaphoyisa namasosha, ngesikhathi ebuzwa izintatheli, athi "avakashele" isifundazwe saseHelmand kuphela "iholide."
Usuku lokuqeqesha
Ezifundeni eziningi, amaphoyisa asanda kugcwalisa iholo lawo eliphansi futhi abonisa ukwethembeka kubaphathi bezempi basendaweni ngokugxilisa amabhokisi okuvota kuMongameli Karzai okhethweni lukamongameli. Cabangela lokho kodwa okunye okuyinkomba - njengokuhlubuka kwalabo abaqavile bama-Islamist mujahidin abalingani base-US abaxhaswe ku-anti-Soviet jihad yama-1980s manje alwa namaTaliban - ukuthi akukho silinganiso sokuqeqeshwa kwaseMelika, ukuqeqeshwa, noma imali ezocacisa ukuthi ubani noma yini ama-Afghan azolwela, uma ngempela elwa.
Abantu base-Afghan bangabalwi abadumile emhlabeni wonke, ngokwengxenye ngenxa yokuthi banekhono lokudonsela ohlangothini oluwinayo, futhi bakulungele ukushintsha izinhlangothi ngokukhulu ukushesha baze bakuthole kahle. Ngokubona ukuthi ama-Afghan abuyisa owinile, osomaqhinga bezempi baseMelika manje sebesebenzisa isu lokuphikisa elifuna "ukusula, ukubamba, nokwakha" - okungukuthi, ukunamathela isikhathi eside ngokwanele ukunqoba ama-Afghan. Kodwa sekwephuze kakhulu ukuthi lokho kungasebenza. Kulezi zinsuku, amasosha ase-US alokhu emile abukeka njengebutho langaphandle elihlezi futhi, kumaTaliban, njengamathagethi.
Muva nje uKaren DeYoung kuphawulwe ku Washington Post ukuthi amaTaliban manje asebenzisa njalo amasu ezempi ayinkimbinkimbi kakhulu - "njengokungathi amavukela-mbuso ayefunde okuthile okufana nesikole sase-US Army's Ranger, esifundisa amasosha ukuthi alwe kanjani ngamaqembu amancane ezindaweni ezinobunzima." Yiqiniso, abanye babo baye bahambela izikhathi zokuqeqesha ezibafundisa ukulwa "ezindaweni ezinobudlova," cishe izikhathi eziningi. Ukube ubungumTalib, ubungeke yini uhlole ukuqeqeshwa okunikezwa ama-Afghan ngakolunye uhlangothi? Futhi ubungeke yini ukwenze izikhathi ezingaphezu kwesisodwa uma ungase ukhokhelwe kahle ngaso sonke isikhathi?
Ukuqeqeshwa okunjalo kufanele kube usizo - njengoba kungenzeka ngephoyisa laseTalib, ngesonto eledlule, iqhume abanye ozakwabo abayisishiyagalombili emsebenzini wakhe wamaphoyisa eSifundazweni saseKunduz enyakatho ne-Afghanistan base benikela kumaTaliban. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, ukuqeqeshwa okunjalo kungaba yingozi kubaqeqeshi baseMelika. Thatha indaba yomqeqeshi waseMelika owayekhona wadutshulwa walimala ngalelo sonto ngomunye wabaqeqeshwayo. Kubikwa ukuthi kuqubuke ingxabano ngenxa yokuthi umqeqeshi ubephuza amanzi โphambi kwabantu bendawo,โ ngesikhathi abaqeqeshwayo bezilile ngenyanga engcwele yamaMuslim iRamazan.
Kukhona, ngendlela, ubufakazi obuningi bokuthi ama-Taliban fighters azwana kahle, alwa kanzima ngaphandle kokuqeqeshwa okugcwele i-ANA kanye ne-ANP. Kungani ama-Afghan Taliban fighters ebonakala enesibindi futhi esebenza ngempumelelo, kuyilapho Amaphoyisa Kazwelonke Ase-Afghan enenkohlakalo embi kangaka kanye ne-Afghan National Army iwashout?
Lapho ngivakashela izisekelo nezindawo zokuqeqesha ngoJulayi, ngezwa abanye abaqeqeshi baseMelika bechaza abaqeqeshwayo base-Afghan ngamagama afanayo okucwasa ake asetshenziswa ezigqileni zase-Afrika e-US: amavila, ukunganaki, iziphukuphuku, izingane, njalonjalo. Kunjalo ukumelana ne-Afghan, ukugwema, kanye nokucekela phansi okubukeka emehlweni aseMelika. AmaTaliban alwela okuthile akukholelwayo - ukuthi izwe lawo kufanele likhululwe ekuhlaselweni kwamanye amazwe. "Abethu" base-Afghan bazama ukudlula.
Nokho kwenzeka into eyodwa emangalisayo kubafundi abaqeqeshwayo be-ANA abanamathela kuwo wonke amasonto ayi-10 okuqeqeshwa okuyisisekelo. Imizimba yabo emincane iqala ukugcwala kancane. Bazuza amandla engeziwe nomoya ongcono - konke ngenxa yokuthi ngokokuqala ngqรก ekuphileni kwabo banokudla okwanele okunomsoco abangakudla.
Umsoco ongcono noma kunjalo - uSenator Levin, uSenator McCain - "wethu" ama-Afghan ngeke alwele isizathu saseMelika, noma ngaphandle kwamasosha aseMelika, ngendlela esicabanga ukuthi kufanele. Abasoze balwela ngamandla e-Taliban kuhulumeni kazwelonke esiwufake ngokumelene nezifiso zase-Afghan, kwase kuthi kamuva nje bamisa ukweba olunye ukhetho, futhi manje babonakala sebezovuma esikhundleni, naphezu kobufakazi obungenakuphikiswa lokukhwabanisa okuyisimangaliso. Kungani kufanele? Ngisho noma i-US ingazuza izingqondo zabo, izinhliziyo zabo azikho kuwo.
Isixwayiso esisodwa esincane: Ungathathi ukungavikeleki kwamasosha ase-Afghan njengengxabano yokuthumela amasosha amaningi aseMelika e-Afghanistan. Abantu baseMelika abanolaka (manje abangaba ngu-68,000) kungenzeka baphumelele kancane kunamabutho ase-Afghan amadolonzima. Abantu base-Afghan bafuna ukuthula, kodwa ikharaji amasosha (angaphandle) (100,000, uma uhlanganisa abalingani base-US ku-NATO) aletha ukufa nokubhujiswa nomaphi lapho aya khona. Cabanga ngalokho okungenzeka ukuthi uwinile - futhi usengakwazi ukunqoba - ukube usebenzise zonke lezo zigidigidi zamasosha ekudleni. Noma mhlawumbe ezolimo. Noma ukunakekelwa kwezempilo. Noma ithimba lezisebenzi ezivamile. Ingabe sekwephuze kakhulu ngalokho manje?
U-Ann Jones ungumbhali we Kabul ebusika (Metropolitan, 2006) futhi ubhala njalo nge-Afghanistan ye-TomDispatch kanye neSizwe. Impi Akuphelile Uma Kuphelile, incwadi yakhe entsha ekhuluma ngomthelela wempi kwabesifazane, izoshicilelwa ngonyaka ozayo.
[Le ndatshana yaqala ukuvela ngo I-Tomdispatch.com, ibhulogi yewebhu ye-Nation Institute, enikeza ukugeleza okuqhubekayo kweminye imithombo, izindaba, kanye nemibono evela ku-Tom Engelhardt, umhleli wesikhathi eside ekushicilelweni, Umsunguli we- i-American Empire Project, Umbhali we Ukuphela KweMasiko Okunqoba, kanye nomhleli we Umhlaba NgokukaTomdispatch: IMelika Enkathini Entsha Yombuso.]
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