IPentagon iza kucela i-White House kwiveki ezayo ukuba ithumele amawaka amajoni e-Afghanistan ukuze aphule umlo ovaliweyo kunye neTaliban, igosa eliphezulu lathi ngoLwesine.
Emva kokuhla ngokuthe ngcembe kwamanani omkhosi wase-US ukusukela ngo-2011, abaphathi bomkhosi baseMelika bathi kufuneka bomeleze amanani emhlabeni ukuze baxhase ngcono imikhosi yase-Afghan kunye nokunceda ukubuyisela indawo elahlekileyo kwiTaliban.
Ngokutsho kwemithombo yeendaba yase-US, i-Pentagon iya kucela i-3,000 ukuya kwi-5,000 yamajoni angaphezulu, ngokukodwa ukuba abelwe ukucebisa nokuqeqesha umkhosi wase-Afghan kunye namapolisa.
Imikhosi yase-US e-Afghanistan inani malunga ne-8,400 namhlanje, kwaye kukho enye i-5,000 evela kumahlakani e-NATO, ngoku ikwisikhundla sokucebisa.
Kodwa oko kusikhalo esikude kubukho base-US ngaphezulu kwe-100,000 kwiminyaka emithandathu eyadlulayo, kwaye umkhosi wase-Afghan uzabalazile ukuzalisa isithuba phakathi kovukelo lweTaliban olungagungqiyo.
"Ndilindele ukuba ezi zindululo ziya kumongameli kwiveki ezayo," utshilo uTheresa Whelan, uSekela Nobhala wezoKhuselo kwiMisebenzi eYodwa, kwingxoxo yeKomiti yeeNkonzo ezixhobileyo.
Injongo "kukuhamba ngaphaya komda kunye nokuqonda ukuba i-Afghanistan liqabane elibaluleke kakhulu le-United States kwindawo enobuqili."
I-NATO yaphela ngokusemthethweni imisebenzi yayo yokulwa neTaliban ekupheleni kwe-2014, kwaye injongo yayo yangoku kukuxhasa imikhosi yase-Afghan kuqeqesho kunye neengcebiso.
Kunyaka ophelileyo, xa urhulumente waseKabul esokola ukubamba umhlaba ngokuchasene neTaliban, owayesakuba ngumongameli uBarack Obama wagunyazisa uhlaselo lwase-US ngokuchasene neTaliban kwiimeko ezilinganiselweyo, ukuqinisekisa ukuba imikhosi yase-Afghan emhlabeni iya kuba "nenzuzo yobuchule."
Ulawulo olutsha lukaTrump lunokudlulela ngaphaya koko ukuze kuvumeleke ukudibana ngokuthe ngqo phakathi kwemikhosi yase-US kunye neTaliban, uGeneral Raymond Thomas, umphathi we-US Special Operations Command, uxelele inkundla efanayo ngoLwesine.
“Utshintsho kwimigaqo yothethathethwano luyaqwalaselwa,” utshilo.
