Ndi Kathy Kelly, World BEYOND War, May 27, 2023
Kulingalira The Mercenary, ndi Jeffrey E. Stern
Salman Rushdie panthaŵi ina ananenapo kuti awo amene amasamutsidwa m’malo awo chifukwa cha nkhondo ali mikwingwirima yonyezimira imene imasonyeza chowonadi. Ndi anthu ochuluka omwe akuthawa nkhondo ndi kugwa kwa chilengedwe m'dziko lathu lero, ndi zina zomwe zikubwera, tifunika kunena zoona zenizeni kuti timvetse bwino komanso kuzindikira zolakwa za iwo omwe ayambitsa mavuto ambiri padziko lapansi lero. The Mercenary wachita zazikulu kwambiri chifukwa ndime iliyonse imafuna kunena zoona.
In The Mercenary, Jeffrey Stern akukumana ndi tsoka lowopsa la nkhondo ku Afghanistan ndipo pochita izi amalimbikitsa mwayi wolemera komanso wovuta kuti ubwenzi ukukula m'malo ovuta kwambiri. Kudziwululira kwa Stern kumapangitsa owerenga kuvomereza malire athu tikamapanga maubwenzi atsopano, ndikuwunikanso zovuta zankhondo.
Stern amakulitsa otchulidwa awiriwo, Aimal, mnzake ku Kabul yemwe amakhala ngati mchimwene wake, ndipo iyemwini, mwa gawo pofotokoza ndikubwereza zochitika zina, kuti tiphunzire zomwe zidachitika ndi momwe amawonera kenako, mobwereranso, kuchokera kwa Aimal kwambiri. maganizo osiyana.
Pamene akutidziwitsa za Aimal, Stern akuchedwa, movutikira, chifukwa cha njala yosalekeza yomwe imasautsa Aimal m'zaka zake zazing'ono. Amayi ake amasiye a Aimal, amene anali womangidwa kuti apeze ndalama, ankadalira ana awo aamuna anzeru kuti ateteze banja lawo ku njala. Aimal amapeza chilimbikitso chochuluka chifukwa chokhala wochenjera komanso kukhala katswiri waluso. Amakhala wosamalira banja lake asanakwanitse zaka zaunyamata. Ndipo amapindulanso ndi maphunziro achilendo, omwe amathetsa kunyong'onyeka kokhala pansi pa ziletso za a Taliban, akamakwanitsa kupeza mwayi wogwiritsa ntchito satelayiti ndikuphunzira zamwayi wa azungu omwe amawonetsedwa pa TV yakumadzulo, kuphatikiza ana omwe. abambo amawakonzera chakudya cham'mawa, chithunzi chomwe sichimamusiya.
Ndikukumbukira filimu yachidule, yomwe idawonedwa posachedwa kuphulitsidwa kwa 2003 Shock and Awe, komwe kukuwonetsa mtsikana wina akuphunzitsa ophunzira a pulayimale m'chigawo chakumidzi cha Afghanistan. Anawo anakhala pansi, ndipo mphunzitsiyo analibe zipangizo zina koma choko ndi bolodi. Anafunikira kuwauza anawo kuti chinachake chachitika kutali kwambiri, kutsidya lina la dziko lapansi, chimene chinawononga nyumba ndi kupha anthu ndipo chifukwa cha zimenezo, dziko lawo lidzakhudzidwa kwambiri. Amalankhula za 9/11 kwa ana osokonezeka. Kwa Aimal, 9/11 amatanthawuza kuti amangowona chiwonetsero chomwecho pazithunzi zake zojambulidwa. Chifukwa chiyani pulogalamu yomweyi idabwera mosasamala kanthu kuti adasewera bwanji? N’chifukwa chiyani anthu ankadera nkhawa kwambiri kuti fumbi likugwa? Nthawi zonse mzinda wake unali wodzala ndi fumbi ndi zinyalala.
Jeff Stern amangotengera nkhani zoseketsa zomwe amakamba The Mercenary zowonera zomwe adazimva ali ku Kabul, zowonetsa anthu ochokera ku Afghanistan ngati amishonare, osagwirizana, kapena omenyera nkhondo. Zolemba zolimba sanayese kutembenuza aliyense ku chilichonse, koma zolemba zake zidandisintha. Pafupifupi maulendo 30 opita ku Afghanistan pazaka khumi zapitazi, ndidakumana ndi chikhalidwe ngati kuti ndikuyang'ana pabowo, ndidayendera dera limodzi lokha ku Kabul, ndipo makamaka ndikukhala m'nyumba ngati mlendo wachinyamata wanzeru komanso wokonda kugawana zinthu, kukana nkhondo. , ndikuchita zofanana. Anaphunzira za Martin Luther King ndi Gandhi, adaphunzira zoyambira za permaculture, adaphunzitsa kusachita zachiwawa komanso kuwerenga kwa ana a m'misewu, adakonza ntchito yosoka zovala za akazi amasiye omwe amapanga zofunda zolemera zomwe zidaperekedwa kwa anthu omwe ali m'misasa ya anthu othawa kwawo, - ntchito. Alendo awo ochokera m’mayiko osiyanasiyana anafika powadziwa bwino kwambiri, ndipo ankakhala pafupi kwambiri ndipo ankayesetsa kuphunzira zinenero za wina ndi mnzake. Ndikulakalaka tikadakhala okonzeka ndi chidziwitso chomwe a Jeff Stern adapeza molimbika komanso kuwululidwa moona mtima pazochitika zathu zonse.
Kulembako kumakhala kofulumira, nthawi zambiri kuseketsa, komabe modabwitsa kuvomereza. Nthawi zina, ndimayenera kuyimitsa kaye ndikukumbukira zomwe ndikudziganizira ndekha za zomwe ndakumana nazo m'ndende ndi m'malo ankhondo pomwe ndidazindikira chowonadi kwa ine (ndi anzanga ena omwe anali m'magulu amtendere kapena adakhala akaidi dala), zomwe zinali kuti potsirizira pake adzabwerera ku moyo wamwayi, chifukwa cha zitetezo zomwe sizinapezeke, zokhudzana ndi mitundu ya mapasipoti athu kapena zikopa.
Chochititsa chidwi n'chakuti, Stern akabwerera kunyumba alibe chitsimikizo chomwecho cha pasipoti yotetezeka. Amayandikira kugwa m'maganizo ndi thupi pamene akuvutika, pamodzi ndi gulu la anthu otsimikiza mtima, kuti athandize Afghan osimidwa kuthawa ku Taliban. Ali mnyumba mwake, akugwira ntchito zambiri zoyimba ma zoom, zovuta zogwirira ntchito, zofuna zopezera ndalama, komabe sangathe kuthandiza aliyense yemwe akuyenera kuthandizidwa.
Malingaliro a Stern panyumba ndi banja amasintha, m'buku lonselo.
Ndi iye nthawi zonse, timazindikira kuti adzakhala Aimal. Ndikukhulupirira kuti owerenga ambiri aphunzira kuchokera ku ubale wokakamiza wa Jeff's ndi Aimal.
The Mercenary, A Story of Brotherhood & Terror in the Afghanistan War ndi Jeffrey E. Stern Publisher: Public Affairs
