I-Pentagon izocela i-White House ngesonto elizayo ukuthi ithumele izinkulungwane zamasosha e-Afghanistan ukuze aqede impi efile neTaliban, kusho isikhulu esiphezulu ngoLwesine.
Ngemuva kokwehliswa kancane kancane kwezinombolo zamasosha aseMelika kusukela ngo-2011, abaphathi bezempi baseMelika bathi badinga ukuqinisa izinombolo phansi ukuze basekele kangcono amabutho ase-Afghan futhi basize ukubuyisela indawo elahlekelwe yiTaliban.
Ngokwemithombo yezindaba yaseMelika, iPentagon izocela amanye amasosha angu-3,000 kuya ku-5,000, ikakhulukazi azonikezwa umsebenzi wokweluleka nokuqeqesha amasosha namaphoyisa ase-Afghan.
Amasosha ase-US e-Afghanistan alinganiselwa ku-8,400 namuhla, futhi kukhona amanye ama-5,000 avela kubalingani be-NATO, manje asesikhundleni sokweluleka.
Kepha lokho kude kakhulu nokuba khona kwe-US eminyakeni engaphezu kwe-100,000 edlule, futhi amasosha ase-Afghan azabalaze ukugcwalisa isikhala phakathi nokuvukela umbuso okungaphezi kweTaliban.
"Ngilindele ukuthi lezi ziphakamiso zizoya kumengameli lingakapheli isonto elizayo," kusho u-Theresa Whelan, Ibamba likaNobhala Wezokuvikela Wezokusebenza Okukhethekile, ekomitini leSenate Armed Services Committee.
Inhloso "iwukudlulela ngale kwesimo esibucayi futhi nokubona ukuthi i-Afghanistan inguzakwethu obaluleke kakhulu we-United States esifundeni esinobuqili kakhulu."
I-NATO yaqeda ngokusemthethweni ukulwa kwayo neTaliban ekupheleni kuka-2014, futhi umgomo wayo wamanje ukusekela amasosha ase-Afghan ekuqeqesheni nasekwelulekeni.
Ngonyaka odlule, njengoba uhulumeni waseKabul edonsa kanzima ukubamba iTaliban, owayengumongameli uBarack Obama wagunyaza ukuhlasela kwezindiza zase-US ngokumelene neTaliban ngamacala alinganiselwe, ukuqinisekisa ukuthi amabutho ase-Afghan aphansi azoba "nenzuzo enkulu."
Ukuphatha okusha kukaTrump kungadlula lokho ukuze kuvunyelwe ukuxhumana okuqondile phakathi kwamasosha aseMelika kanye neTaliban, uGeneral Raymond Thomas, umkhuzi we-US Special Operations Command, utshele icala elifanayo ngoLwesine.
"Kuyabhekwa izinguquko emithethweni yokuxoxisana," esho.
