NguKathy Kelly
I-Kabul-Tall, i-lanky, yonwabile kwaye izithembile, u-Esmatullah ubandakanya ngokulula abafundi bakhe abancinci kwiSikolo saBantwana esiSitalato, iprojekthi yaseKabul. "Amavolontiya oXolo e-Afghan," uluntu oluchasene nemfazwe olugxile kwinkonzo kwabahluphekileyo. U-Esmatullah ufundisa abantwana abasebenza ngokufunda. Uziva ekhuthazekile ngokukhethekileyo ukuba afundise kwiSikolo Sabantwana baseSitalatweni kuba, njengoko esitsho, “ndakhe ndangomnye waba bantwana.” U-Esmatullah waqala ukusebenza ukuze axhase intsapho yakhe xa wayeneminyaka eyi-9 ubudala. Ngoku, eneminyaka eli-18 ubudala, uyaphumelela: ufikelele kwibanga leshumi, uyazingca ngokufunda isiNgesi ngokwaneleyo ukuze afundise izifundo zasekuhlaleni, kwaye uyazi ukuba usapho lwakhe luyakuxabisa ukuzinikela kwakhe nokusebenza nzima.
Xa u-Esmatullah wayeneminyaka elithoba, iTaliban yeza endlwini yakhe ifuna umntakwabo omdala. Uyise ka-Esmatullah akazange aveze ulwazi abalufunayo. Emva koko iTaliban yamngcungcuthekisa uyise ngokubetha iinyawo zakhe kangangokuba akazange ahambe. Utata kaEsmatullah, ngoku oneminyaka engama-48, wayengazange afunde ukufunda okanye ukubhala; akukho misebenzi yakhe. Kule minyaka ilishumi idlulileyo, u-Esmatullah ebengoyena mondli wosapho, sele eqalisile ukusebenza, eneminyaka elithoba, kwindawo yokusebenzela yoomakhenikha. Wayesiya esikolweni ekuseni, kodwa ngentsimbi ye-11:00 kusasa, wayeqalisa usuku lwakhe lokusebenza nabakhandi, eqhubeka esebenza de kuhlwe. Ngeenyanga zasebusika, wayesebenza ixesha elizeleyo, erhola ama-Afghani angama-50 ngeveki, imali awayesoloko eyinika umama wakhe ukuba athenge isonka.
Ngoku, ecinga emva kumava akhe njengomntwana osebenzayo, u-Esmatullah uneengcinga yesibini. “Ekukhuleni kwam, ndabona ukuba akulunganga ukusebenza njengomntwana nokuphoswa yizifundo ezininzi esikolweni. Ndiyazibuza indlela ingqondo yam eyayisebenza ngayo ngelo xesha, nokuba zininzi kangakanani na izinto endandizifunda! Xa abantwana besebenza ngokusisigxina, oko kunokonakalisa ikamva labo. Ndandikwindawo apho abantu abaninzi babengamakhoboka eheroin. Ngethamsanqa andizange ndiqalise, nangona abanye kwindawo yokusebenzela bandicebisa ukuba ndizame ukusebenzisa iheroin. Ndandimncinci kakhulu. Ndandidla ngokubuza 'Yintoni le?' kwaye banokuthi liyeza, lilungele iintlungu zomqolo.”
“Ngethamsanqa ndancediswa ngumalume ukuba ndithenge izinto zesikolo nokundihlawulela nezifundo. Ndathi ndifunda ibanga lesi-7, ndacinga ngokusiyeka isikolo, kodwa akazange andivumele. Umalume wam usebenza njengomlindi eKarte Chahar. Ndinqwenela ukuba ngenye imini ndingamnceda.”
Naxa wayekwazi ukuya esikolweni ixeshana kuphela, uEsmatullah wayengumfundi ophumeleleyo. Ootitshala bakhe kutshanje bathethe ngothando ngaye njengomfundi ochubekileyo nonobuchule. Wayeza kuhlala ekwinqanaba lokuba ngomnye wabafundi abagqwesileyo kwiiklasi zakhe.
UEsmatullah uthi: “Ndim ndedwa ofunda okanye obhalayo kwintsapho yakowethu. “Ndisoloko ndinqwenela ukuba umama notata bebekwazi ukufunda nokubhala. Mhlawumbi babenokufumana umsebenzi. Enyanisweni, ndiphilela intsapho yam. Andiziphileli. Ndiyikhathalele intsapho yam. Ndiyazithanda ngenxa yosapho lwam. Logama nje ndisaphila, bavakalelwa kukuba kukho umntu onokubanceda.”
Kodwa ukuba bendinenkululeko yokuzikhethela, bendiza kuchitha lonke ixesha lam ndisebenza njengevolontiya kwiziko leVolontiya loXolo lase-Afghan.
Xa ebuzwa ukuba uvakalelwa njani ngokufundisa abantwana abaqeshwa, uEsmatullah uphendula athi: “Aba bantwana akufuneki bangakwazi ukufunda kwixa elizayo. Imfundo e-Afghanistan ifana nonxantathu. Xa ndandikwibanga lokuqala, sasingabantwana abangama-40. Ngebanga lesi-7, ndabona ukuba abantwana abaninzi sele besishiyile isikolo. Xa ndafika kwibanga le-10, ngabantwana abane kuphela kwabangama-40 abaqhubeka nezifundo zabo.”
Wathi kum: “Xa ndandifunda isiNgesi, ndandikulangazelela ukufundisa kwixesha elizayo nokufumana imali. Ekugqibeleni, ndavakalelwa kukuba ndifanele ndifundise abanye kuba ukuba bayakwazi ukufunda kuya kuba lula ukuya emfazweni.”
Uthi: “Abantu banyanzelwa ukuba bangenele umkhosi. “Umzala wam wangena emkhosini. Wayeye kufuna umsebenzi yaye umkhosi wamqesha, umnika imali. Emva kweveki enye, amaTaliban ambulala. Wayeneminyaka emalunga nama-20 ubudala yaye wayesandul’ ukutshata.”
Kwiminyaka elishumi edlulileyo, i-Afghanistan yayisele isemfazweni iminyaka emine, kunye ne-US yokukhalela impindezelo ngohlaselo lwe-9/11 inika indlela yeengxelo ezingaqinisekanga zokuxhalaba okubuyela emva kwabantu abangathathi ntweni uninzi lwabemi base-Afghanistan. Njengakwezinye iindawo apho i-US ivumele ukuba "akukho mimandla yeempukane" isilayidi kwinguqu epheleleyo yolawulo, inkohlakalo phakathi kwama-Afghan yanda kuphela kwisiphithiphithi, esikhokelela kukwenzakala kukayise ka-Esmatullah.
Uninzi lwabamelwane baka-Esmatullah banokuqonda ukuba ufuna ukuziphindezela kwaye afune impindezelo kwiTaliban. Abanye baya kuqonda ukuba unqwenela impindezelo efanayo kwi-United States. Kodwa endaweni yoko uzilungelelanisa nabafana namabhinqa aselula egxininisa ukuba “igazi alilicimi igazi.” Bafuna ukunceda abantwana abaqeshwa ukuba babaleke emkhosini baze bathomalalise iinkxwaleko ezithwaxa abantu ngenxa yeemfazwe.
Ndibuze uEsmatullah ukuba uziva njani ngokujoyina #Konele! iphulo, – elimelwe kumajelo eendaba ezentlalo ngabantu abatsha abachasene nemfazwe abafota igama elithi #Kwanele! (bas) ebhalwe ezintendeni zabo.
“I-Afghanistan yafumana amashumi amathathu eminyaka emfazwe,” utshilo uEsmatullah. “Ndinqwenela ukuba ngenye imini sikwazi ukuphelisa imfazwe. Ndifuna ukuba ngumntu othi, kwixesha elizayo, avale iimfazwe. ” Kuya kuthatha "abanye" abaninzi ukuvalwa kwemfazwe, abafana no-Esmatullah abaye bafunda ngeendlela zokuhlala kunye nabantu abasweleyo, ukwakha uluntu oluzenzo zalo zingayi kuvusa iminqweno yokuziphindezela.
Eli nqaku lavela okokuqala kwiTelesur.
Kathy Kelly (kathy@vcnv.org) ilungelelanisa iVoices for Creative Nonviolence (www.vcnv.org)
