'Isigebenga saseKandahar' esingaqondakaliyo ekutyholwa ukuba sibulewe yimikhosi ekhethekileyo yase-US e-Afghanistan

Isigebenga saseKandahar yayisisidalwa esikhulu sobuntu esimi 3-4 yeemitha ubude. Amajoni aseMelika kutyholwa ukuba abalekela kuye aza ambulala e-Afghanistan.

Kukho into ngengqondo yomntu ethanda iintsomi ezingaqhelekanga nezingaqondakaliyo. Ngokukodwa ezo zibandakanya izilo, izigebenga, kunye nezinye izinto ezihamba ebusuku. Ukutyhubela imbali bekukho amabali amaninzi abaliswa ngezidalwa ezingaqhelekanga nezoyikekayo ezizilalele kwiindawo ezikwanti ehlabathini lonke. Kodwa kuthekani ukuba yonke yayiyinyani?

'Isigebenga saseKandahar' esingaqondakaliyo ekutyholwa ukuba sibulewe yimikhosi ekhethekileyo yase-US e-Afghanistan 1
Umzekeliso wesigebenga esisehlathini. © Shutterstock

Kukho intaphane yamabali ezilo avela kwiintsomi, iintsomi, kunye neentsomi zasekuhlaleni ezivela phantse kuzo zonke iinkcubeko emhlabeni. Phantse kuzo zonke iimeko ezi zidalwa ziinguqulelo ezibaxiweyo zomntu; ezinkulu kunobomi obunesakhono ezingaqhelekanga okanye iimpawu malunga nabo ezibenza bahluke kumadoda okanye abafazi abaqhelekileyo.

Okanye ke sicinga, kuthekani ukuba ezi ntsomi ibingengomabali nje kodwa ziingxelo zokwenyani zokudibana nezidalwa ezingaqhelekanga? Kukho iingxelo ezininzi kule minyaka yabantu abakhulu abazulazula kwiindawo ezikude zehlabathi - abanye bade bathi babone ngamehlo abo.

Iminyaka yee-1980 yayilixesha apho ihlabathi lalibanjwe luloyiko lwemfazwe yenyukliya. Ukuqhambuka kwemfazwe yase-Iran-Iraq kunye nokuhlala kweSoviet e-Afghanistan konke kongeze kuluvo lokuba IArmagedon inokuba kufutshane nekona. Ngeli xesha, kwakukho isigebenga esingaqhelekanga ekwakusithiwa wayehlala kwindawo ekude yaseKandahar.

UStephen Quayle wabalisa eli bali kwisikhululo sikanomathotholo esidumileyo saseMelika esithi "Coast to Coast" ngo-2002. Ngaphezu kweminyaka engamashumi amathathu, ebephanda ngempucuko yamandulo, iingxilimbela, iiUFOs kunye neemfazwe zebhayoloji. NgokukaQuayle, urhulumente wase-US wasihlela sonke eso siganeko kwaye wasigcina sifihlakele kuluntu ixesha elide.

Ke yonke le nto yaqala xa iqela lamajoni aseMelika lingabuyi kwimishini ngenye imini ngexesha lomkhosi wase-US e-Afghanistan. Bazama ukuqhagamshelana nabo ngonomathotholo, kodwa akukho namnye owaphendulayo.

Ukusabela, i-Special Operations Task Force yathunyelwa entlango kunye nomsebenzi wokufumana kunye nokubuyisela iyunithi elahlekileyo. Kwakucingelwa ukuba i-detachment ingawela ekungqingweni, kwaye amajoni abulawa okanye abanjwe lutshaba.

Ukufika kwindawo apho iqela elilahlekileyo lalishiye khona, amajoni aqala ukuhlola loo ndawo kwaye ngokukhawuleza awela kumnyango womqolomba omkhulu. Ezinye izinto zazilele ekungeneni komqolomba, okwathi, xa kujongwa ngokusondeleyo, kwavela izixhobo kunye nezixhobo zeqela elilahlekileyo.

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IsiXeko saseKandahar esifanekiselwa kwi-2015 kunye neentaba ezinyuka ukuya ngasentla. © Wikimedia Commons

Iqela lalijonge ngononophelo kumnyango womqolomba, xa ngequbuliso umntu omkhulu watsiba ngaphandle, mde kunabantu ababini abaqhelekileyo bebekwe phezu komnye.

Ngokuqinisekileyo yayiyindoda eneendevu ezikrazukileyo, ezinoboya obubomvu kunye neenwele ezibomvu. Wakhwaza ngomsindo waza wabaleka waya kumajoni ngamanqindi. Kwabanjalo barhoxa kwaye baqalisa ukudubula isigebenga ngemipu yabo engama-50 ye-BMG Barrett.

Nokuba kukho umlilo omkhulu kangaka, kuthathe iqela lonke imizuzwana engama-30 yokugqogqa isigebenga ukuba ekugqibeleni simwise emhlabeni.

Emva kokuba isigebenga sibulewe, iqela le-SWAT lakhangela ngaphakathi emqolombeni laza lafumana imizimba yamadoda aphuma kwiqela elilahlekileyo, iqunjelwe kwithambo, kunye namathambo abantu abadala. Amajoni afikelela kwisigqibo sokuba esi sigebenga sasisidla abantu kudala sihlala kulo mqolomba, siqwenga abantu abadlulayo.

Ngokubhekiselele kumzimba wesigebenga, wawunobunzima obungama-500 kg kwaye emva koko wathunyelwa ngenqwelomoya kwisiseko somkhosi wasekhaya, emva koko wathunyelwa kwinqwelomoya enkulu, kwaye akukho mntu wumbi wabonayo okanye wevayo kuye.

Xa amajoni e-SWAT ebuyela e-States, anyanzeliswa ukuba asayine izivumelwano zokungabhengezi kwaye sonke isiganeko sabhalwa njengoko sichazwe.

Abantu abathandabuzayo baye baligatya eli bali njengeliyilwe nje neliyinkohliso nje. Ekuphenduleni, abantu abaninzi babuza ukuba luhlobo luni lomdla abanalo, kweli bali lithile, ukuba baxoka. Ngelixa abanye becebisile, kusenokwenzeka ukuba ezi yayiziimbono ezininzi ngenxa yokuchanabeka kwimitha eyingozi, echaphazela iingqondo zamajoni, okanye ukwazi kwawo.