NguKelly Kelly
Ngaphambi kokuqhuma kwebhomu le-Shock and Awe e-Iraq ngo-2003, iqembu lezishoshovu ezihlala e-Baghdad lalivame ukuya ezindaweni zasemadolobheni ezibalulekile ekugcineni impilo nokuphila kahle e-Baghdad, njengezibhedlela, izikhungo zikagesi, izimboni zokuhlanza amanzi kanye nezikole, futhi bafake amabhanela amakhulu e-vinyl phakathi kwezihlahla ngaphandle kwalezi zakhiwo afundeka kanje: “Ukuqhumisa Lesi Siza Kungaba Ubugebengu Bempi.” Sikhuthaze abantu emadolobheni ase-US ukuthi benze okufanayo, bezama ukwakha uzwela kubantu abavaleleke e-Iraq, belindele ukuqhuma kwamabhomu okubi.
Ngokudabukisayo, ngokudabukisayo, amabhanela kumele aphinde agxeke ubugebengu bempi, kulokhu enanela isikhalo samazwe ngamazwe ngoba ngehora lokuhlasela kwezindiza esikhathini esidlule. Saturday ekuseni, i-US yaqhumisa ibhomu isibhedlela i-Doctors Without Borders e-Kunduz, isikhungo esisebenzela idolobha lesihlanu ngobukhulu e-Afghanistan nasezifundeni ezizungezile.
Amasosha ase-US/NATO enze ukuhlasela kwezindiza cishe I-2AM ngo-Okthoba 3. Odokotela Ngaphandle Kwemingcele base bevele bebikele amabutho ase-US, NATO kanye nase-Afghan ngezixhumanisi zabo zendawo ukuze acacise ukuthi i-compound yabo, elingana nenkundla yebhola, iyisibhedlela. Lapho kuhlasela amabhomu okuqala, abasebenzi bezokwelapha ngokushesha bashayela ikomkhulu le-NATO ukubika ngesiteleka esikhungweni sayo, nokho iziteleka zaqhubeka, ngezikhathi zemizuzu eyi-15, kwaze kwaba yilapho. 3: 15 am, kwashona abantu abangu-22. Abangu-12 kwabashonile babengabasebenzi bezokwelapha; eziyishumi kwakuyiziguli, ezintathu zeziguli kwakungabantwana. Okungenani abanye abantu abangu-37 balimala. Omunye osindile uthe ingxenye yokuqala yesibhedlela eyashaywa yi-Intensive Care Unit.
"Iziguli bezisha emibhedeni yazo," kusho omunye umhlengikazi, owazibonela ngawakhe ukuhlaselwa kwe-ICU." Awekho amazwi okuthi bekukubi kangakanani." Ukuhlasela kwezindiza zaseMelika kuqhubekile, ngisho nangemva kokuba izikhulu zeDoctors Without Borders sezibikele amasosha ase-US, NATO kanye nase-Afghan ukuthi izindiza zempi zihlasela isibhedlela.
Amasosha aseTaliban awanawo amandla omoya, futhi imikhumbi ye-Afghan Air Force ingaphansi kwe-US, ngakho-ke kwakusobala ukuthi i-US yenze ubugebengu bempi.
Umbutho wezempi waseMelika uthe lolu daba luyaphenywa. Kanti omunye etimeleni ezingapheli zokuxolisa; ukuzwa ubuhlungu bemindeni kodwa ukuthethelela bonke abathintekayo abathatha izinqumo kubonakala kungenakugwema. I-Doctors Without Borders ifune uphenyo olusobala, oluzimele, oluhlanganiswe yinhlangano esemthethweni yamazwe ngamazwe futhi ngaphandle kokubandakanyeka okuqondile yi-US nanoma iyiphi enye inhlangano elwayo ezingxabanweni zase-Afghan. Uma uphenyo olunjalo lwenzeka, futhi lukwazi ukuqinisekisa ukuthi lokhu bekungamabomu, noma ubugebengu bempi obunganaki ngokubulala, bangaki abantu baseMelika abayoke bafunde ngalesi sinqumo?
Amacala empi angavunywa uma enziwa izitha ezisemthethweni zase-US, lapho ewusizo ekuthetheleleni ukuhlasela nemizamo yokushintsha umbuso.
Olunye uphenyo i-US ehlulekile ukulwenza luzoyitshela ukuthi uKunduz wayesidinga kangakanani lesi sibhedlela. I-US ingaphenya imibiko ye-SIGAR ("I-Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction") ehlanganisa "izikhungo zokunakekelwa kwezempilo ezixhaswe yi-US" zase-Afghanistan, okuthiwa zixhaswe nge-USAID, ezingatholakali ngisho nokutholakala, izindawo ezingu-189 okusolwa ukuthi kuzo izixhumanisi zazo okungekho zakhiwo phakathi kuka-400. izinyawo. NgoJuni 25 waboth incwadi abayibhala ngokumangazayo, “Ukuhlaziywa kwehhovisi lami kokuqala kwedatha ye-USAID kanye nesithombe se-geospatial kusiholele ekubuzeni ukuthi ngabe i-USAID inalo ulwazi lwendawo olunembile lwamaphesenti angama-510—cishe amaphesenti angama-80—wezikhungo zokunakekelwa kwezempilo ezingama-641 ezixhaswa uhlelo lwe-PCH.” Iphawula ukuthi izikhungo eziyisithupha zase-Afghan empeleni zitholakala ePakistan, eziyisithupha eTajikstan, kanye nesisodwa oLwandle iMedithera.
Manje kubukeka sengathi sesakhe esinye futhi isibhedlela esiyizipoki, esingesona umoya omncane kulokhu kodwa esiphuma ezindongeni zesikhungo esidingeka kakhulu manje esesiyimfucumfucu eshile, okukhishwe kuyo izidumbu zabasebenzi neziguli. Futhi njengoba isibhedlela silahlekelwe umphakathi wethukile, izipoki zalokhu kuhlasela, futhi, zingaphezu kwamandla awo wonke umuntu ukubala. Kodwa ngesonto elandulela lokhu kuhlasela, abasebenzi bayo bebelaphe abantu abalimele abangu-345, abangama-59 kubo okuyizingane.
Sekuyisikhathi eside i-US izikhombisa impi esabekayo kakhulu e-Afghanistan, ibeka isibonelo samandla anonya ethusa abantu basemakhaya abazibuza ukuthi bangaphendukela kubani ukuze bavikeleke. NgoJulayi ka-2015, izindiza zamabhomu zaseMelika zahlasela indawo yamasosha ase-Afghan esifundazweni saseLogar, kwashona amasosha ayishumi. IPentagon ithe nalesi sigameko sizophenywa. Asikho isiphetho somphakathi sophenyo esibonakala sike sakhishwa. Akukho nokuxolisa njalo.
Lesi kwakuyisibhicongo, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi esokunganaki noma esonzondo. Enye indlela yokujoyina isikhalo esiphikisana nayo, ungadingi nje uphenyo kodwa isiphetho sokugcina sawo wonke amacala empi yase-US e-Afghanistan, kungaba ukuhlangana phambi kwezikhungo zokunakekelwa kwezempilo, izibhedlela noma izikhungo zokuhlukumezeka, uphethe izimpawu ezithi, "To Bomb. Le ndawo izoba ubugebengu bempi.” Mema abasebenzi basesibhedlela ukuthi bajoyine umhlangano, bazise abezindaba bendawo, futhi babambe uphawu olwengeziwe oluthi: “Kuyafana Kuyiqiniso e-Afghanistan.”
Kufanele siqinisekise ilungelo lama-Afghan lokunakekelwa nokuphepha. I-US kufanele inikeze abaphenyi ukufinyelela okungavimbeli kubenzi bezinqumo kulokhu kuhlasela futhi ikhokhele ukuze bakhe kabusha isibhedlela ngokunxeshezelwa ngokuhlupheka okubangelwe kuyo yonke le minyaka eyishumi nane yempi kanye nezinxushunxushu ezenziwe ngonya. Okokugcina, nangenxa yezizukulwane ezizayo, kufanele sibambe umbuso wethu osebalekile siwenze isizwe esingakwazi ukuzibamba ekwenzeni isihluku esinyanyekayo esiyimpi.
Kathy Kelly (UKathy@vcnv.org) Ukubambisana kwamazwi e-Creative Nonviolence (vcnv.org) Wabuya e-Afghanistan maphakathi no-September, 2015 lapho ayeyisivakashi se-Afghan Peace Volunteers (ourjourneytosmile.com)
