Ndi Kathy Kelly
Kabul-Tall, lanky, wansangala komanso wodzidalira, Esmatullah amacheza mosavuta ndi ophunzira ake achichepere ku Street Kids School, pulojekiti ya Kabul. "Afghan Peace Volunteers," gulu lolimbana ndi nkhondo lomwe limayang'ana kwambiri ntchito kwa osauka. Esmatullah amaphunzitsa ana ogwira ntchito kuwerenga. Iye amadzimva kukhala wosonkhezeredwa makamaka kuphunzitsa pa Street Kids School chifukwa, monga momwe akunenera, “Ndinali mmodzi wa ana ameneŵa.” Esmatullah anayamba kugwira ntchito kuti azisamalira banja lake ali ndi zaka 9. Tsopano, pausinkhu wa zaka 18, akugwira bwino ntchito: wafika sitandade khumi, amanyadira kuti anaphunzira Chingelezi bwino lomwe kuti aphunzitse kosi ya sukulu yakumaloko, ndipo akudziwa kuti banja lake limayamikira kudzipereka kwake, khama lake.
Esmatullah ali ndi zaka zisanu ndi zinayi, a Taliban adabwera kunyumba kwake kufunafuna mchimwene wake wamkulu. Bambo ake a Esmatullah sakanaulula zomwe amafuna. Kenako a Taliban anazunza bambo ake powamenya kwambiri moti sanayendepo. Bambo ake a Esmatullah, omwe tsopano ali ndi zaka 48, anali asanaphunzire kuwerenga kapena kulemba; palibe ntchito kwa iye. Kwa zaka khumi zapitazi, Esmatullah wakhala wosamalira banja wamkulu, atayamba kugwira ntchito, ali ndi zaka zisanu ndi zinayi, mumsonkhano wamakaniko. Ankapita kusukulu m’bandakucha, koma 11 koloko m’maŵa, ankayamba ntchito ndi amakanika, n’kupitiriza kugwira ntchito mpaka madzulo. M’miyezi yozizira, ankagwira ntchito nthawi zonse, n’kumapeza anthu a ku Afghani 00 mlungu uliwonse, ndalama zomwe ankapatsa amayi ake kuti azigula buledi.
Tsopano, poganizira zomwe adakumana nazo ali mwana, Esmatullah ali ndi malingaliro achiwiri. “Nditakula, ndinaona kuti si bwino kugwira ntchito ndili mwana n’kuphonya maphunziro ambiri kusukulu. Ndikudabwa momwe ubongo wanga unalili wokangalika panthawiyo, ndi zochuluka bwanji zomwe ndikanaphunzira! Ana akamagwira ntchito nthawi zonse, akhoza kuwononga tsogolo lawo. Ndinali m’dera limene anthu ambiri ankakonda kugwiritsa ntchito heroin. Mwamwayi sindinayambe, ngakhale kuti ena pa msonkhanowo anandiuza kuti ndiyese kugwiritsa ntchito heroin. Ndinali wamng'ono kwambiri. Ndinkafunsa kuti 'Ichi n'chiyani?' ndipo anganene kuti ndi mankhwala, ndi abwino kwa ululu wamsana.”
“Mwamwayi amalume anga adandithandiza kugula zinthu za kusukulu komanso kulipirira maphunziro. Ndili m’giredi 7, ndinaganiza zosiya sukulu, koma iye sanandilole. Amalume anga amagwira ntchito ngati mlonda ku Karte Chahar. Ndikukhumba ndimuthandize tsiku lina.”
Ngakhale atangopita kusukulu nthawi yochepa, Esmatullah anali wophunzira wopambana. Aphunzitsi ake posachedwapa analankhula mwachikondi za iye monga wophunzira waulemu ndi waluso. Nthawi zonse amakhala m'modzi mwa ophunzira apamwamba m'makalasi ake.
Esmatullah anati: “Ndine ndekha amene ndimawerenga kapena kulemba m’banja langa. “Nthaŵi zonse ndimakhumba kuti amayi ndi abambo anga azitha kuwerenga ndi kulemba. Mwina akanatha kupeza ntchito. Kunena zoona, ndimakhalira banja langa. sindikudzikhalira ndekha. Ndimasamalira banja langa. Ndimadzikonda ndekha chifukwa cha banja langa. Pamene ndidakali moyo, amaona kuti pali munthu wowathandiza.”
"Koma ndikanakhala ndi ufulu wosankha, ndikanathera nthawi yanga yonse ndikugwira ntchito mongodzipereka ku likulu la Afghan Peace Volunteer."
Atafunsidwa mmene amaonera kuphunzitsa ana ogwira ntchito, Esmatullah anayankha kuti: “Anawa sayenera kukhala osaphunzira m’tsogolo. Maphunziro ku Afghanistan ali ngati katatu. Pamene ndinali m’giredi yoyamba, tinali ana 40. Nditafika giredi 7, ndinazindikira kuti ana ambiri anali atasiya kale sukulu. Nditafika sitandade 10, ana anayi okha mwa ana 40 ndiwo anapitiriza maphunziro awo.”
Iye anandiuza kuti: “Nditaphunzira Chingelezi, ndinkafunitsitsa kuphunzitsa m’tsogolo komanso kupeza ndalama. “M’kupita kwa nthaŵi, ndinaona kuti ndiyenera kuphunzitsa ena chifukwa chakuti akadziŵa kulemba ndi kuŵerenga sangapite kunkhondo.”
Iye anati: “Anthu akukakamizika kulowa usilikali. “Msuweni wanga analowa usilikali. Anapita kukafuna ntchito ndipo asilikali anamulemba usilikali n’kumupatsa ndalama. Patatha sabata imodzi, a Taliban anamupha. Anali ndi zaka pafupifupi 20 ndipo anali atangokwatirana kumene.”
Zaka khumi zapitazo, dziko la Afghanistan linali kale pankhondo kwa zaka zinayi, ndi kulira kwa US kubwezera pa ziwopsezo za 9/11 zomwe zikupereka m'malo mwa mawu osatsimikizika okhudzana ndi nkhawa za anthu osauka omwe ndi ambiri mwa anthu aku Afghanistan. Monga kwina komwe US idalola kuti "malo owuluka" asasinthe, nkhanza zapakati pa Afghan zidangowonjezera chipwirikiti, zomwe zidapangitsa kuti abambo ake a Esmatullah awonongeke.
Oyandikana nawo ambiri a Esmatullah atha kumvetsetsa ngati akufuna kubwezera ndikubwezera a Taliban. Ena angamvetse ngati angafune kubwezera komweko ku United States. Koma m’malo mwake amadzigwirizanitsa ndi anyamata ndi atsikana akuumirira kuti “Magazi samafafaniza magazi.” Akufuna kuthandiza ana ogwira ntchito kuthawa usilikali ndi kuchepetsa mavuto omwe anthu amavutika nawo chifukwa cha nkhondo.
Ndinamufunsa Esmatullah kuti akumva bwanji polowa nawo #Zokwanira! kampeni, - yoyimiridwa m'ma TV ndi achinyamata omwe amatsutsana ndi nkhondo omwe amajambula mawu akuti #Enough! (bas) zolembedwa m’manja mwawo.
"Afghanistan idakumana ndi nkhondo zaka makumi atatu," adatero Esmatullah. “Ndikukhumba kuti tsiku lina tidzathe kuthetsa nkhondo. Ndikufuna kukhala munthu amene, m'tsogolomu, adzaletsa nkhondo." Zidzatengera "anthu" ambiri kuti aletse nkhondo, monga Esmatullah omwe amaphunzira njira zokhalira pamodzi ndi anthu osowa kwambiri, kumanga magulu omwe zochita zawo sizidzadzutsa zilakolako zobwezera.
Nkhaniyi idawonekera koyamba pa Telesur.
Kathy Kelly (kathy@vcnv.org) amagwirizanitsa Voices for Creative Nonviolence (www.vcnv.org)
