Na Kathy Kelly
"E hoʻomaka kākou. I kēia manawa, e hoʻolaʻa hou kākou iā kākou iho i ka wā lōʻihi a me ka ʻawaʻawa, akā nani, e paio ana no ke ao hou… E ʻōlelo anei mākou he nui loa nā pilikia? … paʻakikī loa ka paio? … a ke hoʻouna aku nei mākou i ko mākou mihi nui? A i ʻole e loaʻa kahi ʻōlelo ʻē aʻe - no ka makemake, ka manaʻolana, ka lōkahi… Na mākou ke koho, a ʻoiai inā makemake paha mākou, pono mākou e koho i kēia manawa koʻikoʻi o ka mōʻaukala kanaka.
- Kauka Martin Luther King, "Ma waho aʻe o Vietnam"
Kabul—Ua hoʻohana au i kahi kakahiaka mālie maikaʻi loa ma Kabul, e hoʻolohe ana i nā mele manu a me ke kāhea ʻana a me ka pane ʻana ma waena o nā makuahine a me kā lākou mau keiki ma nā hale pili i ke ala ʻana o nā ʻohana a hoʻomākaukau i kā lākou mau keiki no ke kula. Ua hōʻea māua ʻo Maya Evans ma ʻaneʻi i nehinei, a ke noho nei i loko o ke keʻena kaiāulu o kā mākou poʻe ʻōpio, ʻo The ʻO Afghan Peace Volunteers (APVs). I ka pō nei, ua haʻi mai lākou iā mākou e pili ana i nā hanana weliweli a weliweli i hōʻailona i nā mahina i hala o ko lākou ola ʻana ma Kabul.
Ua wehewehe lākou i ko lākou manaʻo i ka wā i hoʻāla ʻia ai nā pahū poma, kokoke iā lākou i kekahi mau kakahiaka. Ua ʻōlelo kekahi poʻe ua haʻalulu lākou iā lākou iho i ka ʻike ʻana i kekahi lā i hala aku nei ua ʻaihue nā ʻaihue i ko lākou home. Ua kaʻana like lākou i ko lākou mau manaʻo hopohopo nui i ka ʻōlelo a kahi aliʻi kaua kaulana e hoʻohewa ana i kahi hōʻike pono kanaka i komo ai kekahi mau lālā o ke kaiāulu. A ʻo ko lākou weliweli i ka wā ma hope o kekahi mau pule, ma Kabul, he wahine ʻōpio, he haumana Islam i kapaia Farkhunda, ua hoʻopiʻi wahaheʻe i loko o ka paio alanui o descrating i ka Koran, a ma hope iho, i ka uwo 'ae o ka frenzied mob paha elua tausani kanaka, lala o ka lehulehu, me ka ike makai collusion, hahau ia ia a make. Hoʻopili mālie kā mākou mau hoa ʻōpio i ko lākou mau manaʻo i mua o ka hiki ʻole a me ka hana ʻino.
Noʻonoʻo wau pehea e hoʻokomo ai i kā lākou mau moʻolelo i loko o kahi papa aʻu i hoʻomākaukau ai no kahi kula pūnaewele puni honua ka mea i manaʻo e kōkua i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka ʻike ma waena o nā kānaka, ma nā palena a kaʻana like i nā hopena. Manaʻo wau e kōkua ke kula i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā neʻe i hoʻolaʻa ʻia i ka noho maʻalahi, kaʻana like radical, lawelawe a, no nā mea he nui, hana pololei ʻole no ka hoʻopau ʻana i nā kaua a me nā hewa.
ʻO ka mea nui, i ka wā e hele ai nā lālā o Voices i Kabul, ʻo kā mākou "hana" e hoʻolohe a aʻo mai kā mākou poʻe hoʻokipa a hoʻihoʻi i kā lākou mau moʻolelo o ke kaua i nā ʻāina maluhia i hoʻoili ʻia kēlā kaua ma luna o lākou. Ma mua o ko mākou haʻalele ʻana, ua ʻino loa ka lono mai Afghanistan. He ʻumi mau kānaka i make i ka hakakā ma waena o nā pūʻali koa. ʻO kahi hōkele hōkele ʻo Kabul ma luna o nā ʻoihana ʻoihana honua i ka pule ma mua. Ua kākau ikaika mākou i ko mākou mau hoaaloha me ka hāʻawi manawa hope e haʻalele, me ka manaʻolana ʻaʻole mākou e hoʻolilo iā lākou i mau pahuhopu o ka hana ʻino. "E ʻoluʻolu e hele mai," i kākau mai ko mākou mau hoaaloha iā mākou. No laila mākou ma ʻaneʻi.
ʻO ka hele ʻana o ke komohana ma Afghanistan ua hoʻopau i ka luku ʻole ʻia, ka ʻeha a me ka nalowale. ʻO kahi i hala iho nei hoʻokuʻu ʻia nā Kauka no ke kuleana pilikanaka Ua helu ʻia mai 2001 ma Iraq a me Afghanistan, ua pepehi nā kaua US ma kahi o 1.3 miliona a ʻoi aku paha ma mua o 2 miliona mau kānaka kīwila.
Hoʻopiʻi ka hōʻike i nā elite politika US no ka hoʻopili ʻana i ka hana ʻino ma Afghanistan a me Iraq i nā ʻano like ʻole o nā hakakā internecine "me he mea lā ʻaʻole pili ke ala hou ʻana a me ka hoʻomāinoino o ia mau hakakā me ka destabilization i hana ʻia e nā makahiki o ke komo ʻana o ka pūʻali koa."
Ua ola ko mākou mau hoa ʻōpio i nā pōʻino o ke kaua, a ke hakakā nei kēlā me kēia o lākou me ka ʻeha, e like me ko lākou mau mākua a me nā kūpuna i mua o lākou. I ko mākou hele pū ʻana me lākou e kipa aku i nā kahua hoʻomoana ma waho o Kabul, ua haʻi kekahi i kā lākou ʻike ponoʻī ma ke ʻano he kamaliʻi, e holo ana i ka wā i hoʻouka ʻia ai ko lākou mau kauhale. Aʻo mai iā lākou e pili ana i nā ʻehaʻeha a ko lākou mau makuahine i hoʻomanawanui ai i ka lawa ʻole o ka meaʻai e hānai ai i ka ʻohana a i ʻole ka wahie no ka lawe ʻana iā lākou i loko o nā hoʻoilo puʻuwai ʻole: i ka wā i aneane make lākou i ka hypothermia. ʻO kekahi o kā mākou mau hoaaloha ʻōpio e ʻike i nā flashbacks weliweli i ka wā e lohe ai lākou i nā moʻolelo i ka nūhou o Afghans i pepehi ʻia e nā missiles a i ʻole ka pū i loko o ka ʻike weliweli o ko lākou ʻohana ponoʻī a me nā mea aloha. Haʻalulu lākou a uē i kekahi manawa, e hoʻomanaʻo ana i nā ʻike like mai ko lākou ola ponoʻī.
ʻO ka moʻolelo o Afghanistan ma nā moʻolelo o ke Komohana, ʻaʻole hiki iā Afghanistan ke hoʻoponopono i kāna mau traumas, ʻoiai ke hoʻāʻo nei mākou, me kā mākou mau pōkā, nā kumu a me nā kula hōʻailona a me nā keʻena lapaʻau, e kōkua. Akā naʻe, pane paʻa kēia poʻe ʻōpio i kā lākou ʻeha ponoʻī ʻaʻole ma ka ʻimi ʻana i ka hoʻopaʻi akā ma ka ʻimi ʻana i nā ala e kōkua ai i ka poʻe ma Kabul i ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ko lākou kūlana ma mua o ko lākou, ʻoi aku ka 750,000 Afghans e noho ana, me kā lākou mau keiki, i nā kahua hoʻokele ʻino.
Ke holo nei nā APV i kahi kula ʻē aʻe no nā keiki alanui ma Kabul. ʻAʻole loaʻa i nā keiki liʻiliʻi ka mea ʻai nui no ko lākou ʻohana i ka manawa e aʻo ai i ka makemakika kumu a i ʻole "ka alphabet" i ka wā e hoʻolimalima ai i ʻewalu mau hola i kēlā me kēia lā e hana ma nā alanui o Kabul. He mau mea kuai kekahi, he mau kamaa polani kekahi, a he mau unahi kekahi ma na alanui i hiki i na kanaka ke kaupaona ia lakou iho. I ka hāʻule ʻana o ka hoʻokele waiwai ma lalo o ke kaumaha o ke kaua a me ka palaho, ʻaʻole hiki i kā lākou loaʻa kālā paʻakikī ke kūʻai i ka meaʻai no ko lākou ʻohana.
ʻO nā keiki o nā ʻohana ʻilihune ma Kabul e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ke ola inā lilo lākou i ka palapala. Mai noʻonoʻo i ka piʻi ʻana o nā helu helu helu kula i ʻōlelo pinepine ʻia e ka pūʻali koa US ma ke ʻano he pono o ka noho ʻana. Ua hōʻike ka CIA World Fact Book o Malaki 2015 he 17.6% o nā wahine ma luna o 14 mau makahiki i heluhelu; ʻO ka nui, ma ka heluna ʻōpio a me nā pākeke he 31.7% wale nō ka hiki ke heluhelu a kākau paha.
Ma hope o ka ʻike ʻana ma kahi o 20 mau ʻohana e hana ana nā keiki ma nā alanui, ua hoʻolālā nā APV i kahi hoʻolālā e loaʻa ai i kēlā me kēia ʻohana i kēlā me kēia ʻohana he ʻeke laiki i kēlā me kēia mahina a me ka pahu nui o ka aila e hoʻopau i ka poho kālā o ka ʻohana no ka hoʻouna ʻana i kā lākou mau keiki i nā papa hana ʻole ma ka APV. kikowaena a hoʻomākaukau e hoʻopaʻa inoa iā lākou i ke kula. Ma o ka hoʻomau ʻana i waena o nā lāhui pilikia o Afghanistan, ua komo nā lālā APV i kēia manawa he 80 mau keiki i ke kula a manaʻo lākou e lawelawe koke i nā keiki 100.
kela Pōʻalima, ninini nā keiki i loko o ka pā o ke kikowaena a laina koke e holoi i ko lākou mau wāwae a me nā lima a palaki i ko lākou mau niho ma kahi paipu hui. A laila, ʻohi lākou i ke alapiʻi a hiki i ko lākou lumi papa i kāhiko ʻia a noho mālie i ka wā e hoʻomaka ai kā lākou mau kumu i nā haʻawina. ʻEkolu mau kumu ʻōpio maikaʻi loa, ʻo Zarghuna, Hadisa, a me Farzana, ua hoʻoikaika ʻia i kēia manawa no ka nui o nā keiki alanui he kanakolukumamākahi i noho i ke kula i ka makahiki i hala aku nei i aʻo i ka heluhelu a me ke kākau maʻalahi i loko o ʻeiwa mahina. ʻO kā lākou hoʻāʻo ʻana me nā ʻano aʻo like ʻole, me ke aʻo ʻana i kēlā me kēia kanaka, e uku ʻia ana - ʻaʻole like me nā ʻōnaehana kula aupuni kahi hiki ʻole i nā papa ʻehiku ke heluhelu.
ʻOiai ʻo ia e alakaʻi ana i kahi hōʻikeʻike o nā keiki alanui, ua nīnau ʻia ʻo Zekerullah, ʻo ia hoʻi he keiki alanui iā ia iho, inā ua hopohopo ʻo ia. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Zekerullah ua makaʻu ʻo ia e pōʻino nā keiki inā pahū ka pōkā. Akā, ʻo kona makaʻu nui aʻe, ʻo ia ka pilikia o ka ʻilihune i ko lākou ola ʻana.
ʻAʻole e lanakila mau kēlā ʻōlelo o ka wiwo ʻole a me ke aloha. Akā, inā mākou e hoʻomaopopo iā ia, a ʻoi aku hoʻi, inā, e aʻo mai kāna kumu hoʻohālike, e hana mākou i mea e hoʻohālike ai iā mākou iho, a laila e hāʻawi iā mākou i ke ala mai ka makaʻu kamaliʻi, mai ka panicked collusion i ke kaua, a ma waho paha, o ka paa hehena o ke kaua. Hele mākou i kahi honua maikaʻi loa ke hoʻoholo mākou e kūkulu ia no nā poʻe ʻē aʻe. ʻO kā mākou hoʻonaʻauao ponoʻī, ko mākou lanakila ponoʻī ma luna o ka makaʻu, a me ko mākou hōʻea ʻana e like me ke ao kanaka makua, hiki ke hoʻomaka a hoʻomaka hou - i kēia manawa.
No laila e hoʻomaka kākou.
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Kathy Kelly (kathy@vcnv.org) Co-coordinates Voices for Creative Nonviolence (vcnv.org).
