'Isiqhwaga saseKandahar' esingaqondakali kusolwa ukuthi sibulawe amasosha akhethekile ase-US e-Afghanistan

I-Kandahar giant yayiyisidalwa esikhulu se-humanoid esime ngamamitha angu-3-4 ubude. Amasosha aseMelika kuthiwa amthelekela ambulala e-Afghanistan.

Kukhona okuthile ngomqondo womuntu othanda izinganekwane eziyinqaba nezingaqondakali. Ikakhulukazi lezo ezibandakanya izilo, imidondoshiya, nezinye izinto ezihamba ebusuku. Kuwo wonke umlando kuye kwaba nezinganekwane eziningi ezixoxwa ngezidalwa eziyinqaba nezesabekayo ezicashe ezindaweni ezingazodwa emhlabeni wonke. Kodwa kuthiwani uma konke bekuyiqiniso?

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Umfanekiso womdondoshiya ehlathini. © Ugogo

Kunezindaba ezingenakubalwa zezilo ezivela ezinganekwaneni, izinganekwane, nenganekwane yendawo evela cishe kuwo wonke amasiko omhlaba. Cishe kuzo zonke izimo lezi zidalwa ziyizinguqulo eziyihaba zomuntu; amakhulu kunempilo enamakhono angewona awemvelo noma izibaluli mayelana nawo ezibenza bahluke kwabesilisa noma abesifazane abajwayelekile.

Noma ngakho sicabanga, kuthiwani uma lezi zinganekwane bekungezona nje izindaba kodwa ama-akhawunti wangempela wokuhlangana kwangempela nezidalwa eziyinqaba? Kube nemibiko eminingi eminyakeni edlule yabantu abayiziqhwaga abazulazula ezindaweni ezikude zomhlaba - abanye baze bathi bazibonele ngawabo amehlo.

Iminyaka yawo-1980 kwakuyinkathi lapho umhlaba wawubanjwe ukwesaba impi yenuzi. Ukugqashuka kwempi yase-Iran-Iraq kanye nokuthathwa kweSoviet Union e-Afghanistan konke kwengeza emqondweni wokuthi Armagedoni kungaba khona nje. Ngalesi sikhathi, kwakukhona umdondoshiya oyinqaba okuthiwa ubehlala endaweni eqhelile yaseKandahar.

UStephen Quayle walandisa le ndaba esiteshini somsakazo esidumile saseMelika esithi "Coast to Coast" ngo-2002. Iminyaka engaphezu kwamashumi amathathu, ubelokhu ephenya ngempucuko yasendulo, imidondoshiya, ama-UFO kanye nezimpi zebhayoloji. Ngokusho kukaQuayle, uhulumeni wase-US wasihlukanisa sonke isigameko wasigcina sifihlekile emphakathini isikhathi eside.

Ngakho-ke konke kwaqala lapho ithimba lamasosha aseMelika lingabuyi emishini ngolunye usuku phakathi nempi yase-US e-Afghanistan. Bazamile ukubathinta ngomsakazo, kodwa akekho owaphendula.

Ukusabela, i-Special Operations Task Force yathunyelwa ogwadule nomsebenzi wokuthola nokuthola iyunithi elahlekile. Kwakucatshangwa ukuthi leli qembu lingawela ekuvinjezelweni, futhi amasosha abulawa noma abanjwe yisitha.

Athi efika endaweni lapho ibutho elidukile lalishiye khona, amasosha aqala ukuhlola indawo futhi ngokushesha ahlangana nomnyango womhume omkhulu. Ezinye izinto bezidindilize emnyango womgede, okuthe uma sekubhekisiswa kahle, kwatholakala ukuthi yizikhali nezinsiza zaleli qembu elilahlekile.

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Idolobha laseKandahar elifanekiselwa ngo-2015 ngezintaba ezikhuphukela enyakatho. © Wikimedia Commons

Iqembu laliqalaza ngokucophelela emnyango womhume, lapho kungazelelwe umuntu omkhulu weqa ephuma, emude kunabantu ababili abavamile enqwabelene phezu komunye.

Impela kwakuyindoda enentshebe ebomvu enwetshiwe nezinwele ezibomvu. Wahayiza ngolaka waphuthuma emasosheni ngezibhakela. Abafanayo bahlehla futhi baqala ukudubula umdondoshiya ngezibhamu zabo ze-BMG Barrett ezingama-50.

Noma isiqhumane somlilo esingaka, kuthathe ithimba lonke imizuzwana engu-30 yokuqhulula umdondoshiya ukuze ekugcineni simwise phansi.

Ngemva kokubulawa komdondoshiya, ithimba le-SWAT laphenya ngaphakathi emhumeni lathola izidumbu zamadoda aphuma esikwatini esilahlekile, ziququdelwe ethanjeni, kanye namathambo abantu amadala. Amasosha afinyelela esiphethweni sokuthi lo mdondoshiya odla abantu kudala uhlala kulo mgede, ushwabadela abantu abadlulayo.

Ngokuqondene nesidumbu salo mdondoshiya sasinesisindo esingamakhilogremu angu-500 sabe sesiyiswa esikhungweni sezempi sendawo, sabe sesithunyelwa endizeni enkulu, futhi akekho omunye owambona noma wezwa kuye.

Lapho amasosha e-SWAT ebuyela e-States, aphoqeleka ukuthi asayine izivumelwano zokungadaluli futhi sonke isigameko sabhalwa njengesigaba.

Abagxeki bayichithile le ndaba njengeyinganekwane futhi iyinkohliso nje. Bephendula, abantu abaningi babuza ukuthi hlobo luni lokuzicabangela bona abanalo, kule ndaba ethile, uma beqamba amanga. Nakuba abanye beye basikisela, kungenzeka ukuthi lokhu kwakuwukubona izinto ezingekho ngenxa yokuchayeka emisebeni eyingozi, ethinta izingqondo zamasosha, noma ukwazi kwawo.