Band-E-Amir National Park, Afghanistan - Maloto akulu amawonekera mumadzi onyezimira amadzi am'mapiri awa: Zokhumba zaku Afghanistan zokhala paradiso wapaulendo.

Ndi kudzipereka lero kwa malo osungira nyama oyamba mdzikolo, opangidwa ndi nyanja zisanu ndi imodzi zolumikizana zomwe zili ndi maphompho ochititsa chidwi, akuluakulu aboma anena kuti akuyembekeza kuti alendo abwerera ku Afghanistan pang'onopang'ono pambuyo pazaka makumi atatu zankhondo.

Dziko lino silinakhalepo ndi mapu oyendera alendo kuyambira m'ma 1970. M'masiku amenewo, kunali kuyimitsidwa kotchuka panjira ya hippie, kukonda kwake Silk Road ndi hashish yotsika mtengo nyambo yosatsutsika.

Masiku ano, zigawenga zotsogozedwa ndi a Taliban zikupitilirabe, dipatimenti ya Boma ikupitiliza "kuchenjeza mwamphamvu nzika zaku US kuti zisapite ku Afghanistan," ndikuwonjezera kuti palibe gawo lililonse mdzikolo "liyenera kuonedwa kuti silinachite zachiwawa."

Komabe, Kazembe wa U.S. Karl Eikenberry anali m'gulu la olemekezeka omwe adalowa nawo pakupatulira kwa Band-e-Amir National Park, ndikuwuza anthu a VIP ndi anthu akumidzi omwe adasonkhana pansi pa hema kuti mwambowu ndi "nthawi yonyada ku Afghanistan . . . kudzutsidwanso.”

Pakiyi ili m'chigawo cha Bamian, m'chigawo chapakati cha Afghanistan, chomwe chimadziwika ndi kukongola kwadziko lonse lapansi komanso kusowa kwa ziwawa. Koma zigwa zoyaka dzuwa m'chigawocho zimakhala ndi mdima wakuda.

Mu 2001, kuwonongedwa kwa a Taliban kwa ziboliboli zazikulu za Buddha ku Bamian kudakhala chizindikiro cha ulamuliro wopondereza wa gululi. Chakumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1990, ochepa a Hazaras ku Bamian ndi kwina kulikonse anali chandamale chakuphana kwa mafuko.

Kupangidwa kwa malo osungirako zachilengedwe ku Band-e-Amir ndikumapeto kwa zaka 35 zoyesayesa za Afghanistan ndi magulu apadziko lonse lapansi, zomwe zidasokonekera mobwerezabwereza ndi nkhondo ndikuwopsezedwa nthawi ina ndi polojekiti yayikulu yopangira magetsi. Izi zidatheka makamaka chifukwa cha khama la bwanamkubwa wachikazi wa chigawochi, Habiba Sarabi, yemwe analipo pakupatulirako.

Kwa zaka mazana ambiri, magulu ankhondo akuukira akhala akupanga ambiri mwa alendo akunja aku Afghanistan. Kuchuluka kwa alendo obwera padziko lonse lapansi ndi komwe kungawerengedwe tsopano, koma Bamian yakhala ikukopa mabanja aku Afghan kwa nthawi yayitali, limodzi ndi othandizira akunja ndi ena ochokera kunja.

"Ndikuganiza kuti anthu ochulukirachulukira adzabwera akazindikira kuti iyi ndi ngodya yotetezeka kwambiri mdzikolo," atero Sher Husain, yemwe hotelo yake imayang'ana malo opanda kanthu pomwe ma Buddha adayimilirapo.

Ponena za nthawi yomwe Afghanistan yonse ingakhale yotetezeka kwa woyenda wamba, Eikenberry - yemwe anali wamkulu wankhondo wa nyenyezi zitatu komanso msirikali wakale wankhondo ya Afghanistan asanatenge kazembe wake - adavomereza kuti, "Ikhala nthawi."

Komabe, zokongola za pakiyi ndizomwe zimapangitsa kuti pakhale kusowa ku Afghanistan: kukopa chidwi. Ali m’mphepete mwa nyanja, kazembeyo anakwera bwato lotuwa looneka ngati chiswani ndipo anatenga wachiwiri kwa pulezidenti wa dzikolo, Karim Khalili, kuti azungulire.

Band-e-Amir ndizosafikika; Kufika kuno kumafuna ulendo wovuta wa maola 10 kudutsa mapiri awiri kuchokera ku likulu la Kabul, pafupifupi makilomita 110 kummawa. Ntchito yothandizidwa ndi ndalama ku US ikuyembekezeka kufupikitsa ulendowo mpaka maola atatu.

Ena angasangalale kuona malowo akukhalabe kutali, akuwopa kuti chilengedwe chake n’chosalimba.

Marnie Gustavson, wa ku America yemwe amayendetsa bungwe lopanda phindu ku Kabul lomwe limagwira ntchito ndi anthu ovutika a ku Afghanistan, adakumbukira kuti adayendera nyanjayi ali mwana m'ma 1960 ndi makolo ake, omwe anali ogwira ntchito zachitukuko. Iye anafotokoza kuti kusamba m’nyanja za kristalo pambuyo pa ulendo wautali wafumbi ndi “zamatsenga.”

"Kutukuka kwina kwa alendo ndikwabwino, chifukwa kungathandize anthu am'deralo komanso chuma chakumaloko," adatero. "Osachuluka kwambiri."

ZOMWE MUNGACHITE PA NKHANIYI:

Ambassador Karl Eikenberry was among the dignitaries who joined in the dedication of Band-e-Amir National Park, telling an audience of VIPs and villagers gathered under a makeshift tent that the occasion marked a “proud moment for Afghanistan .
The creation of a national park at Band-e-Amir is the culmination of 35 years of efforts by Afghan and international groups, repeatedly derailed by war and threatened at one point by a huge proposed hydroelectric project.
Marnie Gustavson, an American who runs a nonprofit organization in Kabul that works with disadvantaged Afghans, recalled visiting the lakes as a child in the 1960s with her parents, who were development workers.