Isosha le-NATO kanye nosonkontileka ongekho emthethweni babulewe esigamekweni okusolakala ukuthi sihlasele abantu bangaphakathi empumalanga ye-Afghanistan, okwakamuva ochungechungeni oluchazwe ujenene wase-US "njengokuhlasela okusayinwe" kwempi yase-Afghan.
Ukuhlasela kwangomhla zingama-29 kuSepthemba kuphinde kwaholela ekushoneni kwabantu okungenani ababili emasosheni ase-Afghan, kusho umbutho we-NATO, i-International Security Assistance Force izolo, ngaphandle kokunikeza imininingwane eyengeziwe.
Lokhu kushona kulandele "ingxabano yomlomo" ngesikhathi kuqhubeka umkhankaso ohlanganyelwe esifundeni saseSayedabad esifundazweni saseWardak entshonalanga neKabul, kusho umkhulumeli wombusi wesifundazwe uShahidullah Shahid etshela i-Agence France-Presse.
Izinga lalokho okubizwa ngokuthi ukuhlasela okuluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka alikaze libonwe ngaphambili ezimpini zanamuhla, futhi licekele phansi kakhulu ukwethembana phakathi kwamabutho omfelandawonye we-NATO nabalingani bawo base-Afghan emzamweni ohlanganyelwe wokulwa nabashokobezi baseTaliban.
"Ngiphatheke kabi ngabo, uma ngikhuluma iqiniso kuwe," umkhuzi omkhulu we-NATO uGeneral John Allen utshele uhlelo lwe-CBS oluthi “60 Minutes” oluqoshwe ngaphambi kwesigameko sakamuva. "Sizimisele ukudela okuningi ngalo mkhankaso, kodwa asizimisele ukubulawa ngenxa yawo," kusho umkhuzi, ngokusho kwezingcaphuno zengxoxo ekhishwe yinethiwekhi.
U-Allen uthe njengoba nje amabhomu okuzenzela asephenduke isikhali sempi yase-Iraq, ukholelwa ukuthi e-Afghanistan, "ukuhlasela kwesiginesha esiqala ukukubona kuzoba ukuhlasela kwangaphakathi". Ukushona kwakamuva kuthathe isibalo samasosha e-ISAF abulawa ezigamekweni ezingu-36 zokuhlasela kwabantu ngaphakathi kulo nyaka siye ku-52, okwenza cishe amaphesenti angu-15 abo bonke abalimala empini.
I-NATO ibeka cishe amaphesenti angama-25 okuhlaselwa ukungena kwabashokobezi baseTaliban embuthweni wezokuphepha wase-Afghan kanti okunye kukholakala ukuthi kungenxa yokwehlukana kwamasiko nobutha bomuntu siqu phakathi kwamadlelandawonye.
(I-Hürriyet Daily News)
