Tentera British tiba di Kandahar pangkalan udara pada akhir operasi bagi Marin Amerika Syarikat dan pasukan tempur British di Helmand 27 Oktober 2014 (British soldiers arrive at Kandahar air base at the end of operations for U.S. Marines and British combat troops in Helmand October 27, 2014 (Reuters/Omar Sobhani)
yaSalam - Sebagai baki pasukan terakhir Britain berangkat dari Afghanistan, tin-jauan pendapat menunjukkan 68 % peratus rakyat Britain berfikir kempen keten-teraan di UK di rantau ini adalah tidak "bernilai."
42 % peratus lagi fikir Britain adalah "kurang selamat" sebagai akibat dari perang.
Kajian yang dijalankan oleh BBC, dilakukan di antara 24 Oktober dan 26 sebagai kehadiran tentera Britain di Afghanistan datang ke penghujungnya.
Operasi tempur United Kingdom tlh ditamatkan pd hari Ahad sebagai asas utama tentera United Kingdom, Kem Bastion, telah diserahkan kpd pejabat Afghanistan. Tentera Amerika dari Kem Leatherneck sebelumnya yg dikuasai juga tlh berangkat dari tanah Afghanistan, meninggalkan pasukan Afghani mengendalikan laman ini.
Jajak pendapat telefon mendedahkan hanya 14 % peratus dpd mereka yg ditinjau merasakan Britain adalah lebih selamat sebagai akibat dari campur tangan tentera Inggeris di Afghanistan, yang pertama kali dimulai pad tahun 2001. Campur tangan itu kononnya bertujuan utk menawarkan bantuan kpd Amerika Syarikat di tengah serangan-9/11.
68 percent of Brits say Afghan war was futile - poll
As Britain’s last remaining troops depart from Afghanistan, a poll indicates 68 percent of Britons think the UK’s military campaign in the region was not “worthwhile.” A further 42 percent thought Britain was “less safe” as a result of the war.
The survey, commissioned by the BBC, was carried out between October 24 and 26 as Britain’s military presence in Afghanistan came to a close.
UK combat operations were terminated on Sunday as the main UK military base, Camp Bastion, was handed over to Afghan officials. American troops from the previously US-controlled Camp Leatherneck have also departed from Afghan soil, leaving Afghani forces in control of the site.
The telephone poll revealed a mere 14 percent of those surveyed felt Britain was safer as a result of UK military intervention in Afghanistan, which first began in 2001. The intervention was supposedly aimed at offering assistance to the US in the wake of the 9/11 attacks.
(AFP Photo/Crown Copyright/MOD 2014/Corporal Andrew Morris)
Kira-kira 39 % peratus adalah neutral mengenai kesan potensi campur tangan Inggeris di rantau ini, menunjukkan akan terdapat "tiada perbezaan sebenar," manakala 5 % peratus menolak untuk menawarkan jawapan.
Sementara itu, 24 % peratus mendakwa campur tangan tentera United Kingdom Afghanistan yang diberikan "lebih baik," dgn 25 % peratus amaran itu telah diting-galkan "lebih buruk". 44 % peratus yang berkata penyebaran pasukan Inggeris membuat perbezaan sedikit.
Mengenai persoalan bagaimana Afghanistan akan tarif jika tiada anggota tentera UK, 31 % peratus berkata mereka yakin negara itu boleh "melindungi warganya tanpa bantuan kuasa2 Inggeris." Tetapi yg melampau 64 % peratus mengatakan mereka tidak yakin kerajaan Afghanistan boleh berdiri sendiri.
Mewakili momen simbolik untuk United Kingdom, penamatan perang Britain di Afghanistan menandakan berakhirnya konflik bangsa yang paling berlarutan dlm sejarah moden. Kempen ketenteraan dianggarkan menelan belanja pembayar cukai British hampir £40 billion - £2,000 per isi rumah United Kingdom.
Pada masa ini, kira2 77 pegawai polis Afghanistan dan tentera yg terbunuh setiap minggu oleh pemberontak Taliban. Pemberontakan itu telah berlaku walaupun lebih dari satu dekad di Amerika Syarikat dan UK penglibatan tentera di rantau ini. Sekitar 450 tentera British kehilangan nyawa mereka dalam perjalanan perang.
Some 39 percent were neutral on the potential effects of UK intervention on the region, suggesting there would be “no real difference,” while 5 percent refused to offer a response.
Meanwhile, 24 percent claimed the UK military intervention rendered Afghanistan “better off,” with 25 percent warning it had been left “worse off.” 44 percent said the deployment of UK troops made little difference.
On the question of how Afghanistan would fare in the absence of UK military personnel, 31 percent said they were confident the state could “protect its citizens without the help of UK forces.” But an overwhelming 64 percent said they were not confident the Afghan government could stand alone.
Representing a symbolic moment for the UK, the termination of Britain’s war in Afghanistan signals the end of the nation’s most protracted conflict in modern history. The military campaign is estimated to have cost British tax payers almost £40 billion – £2,000 per UK household.
At present, approximately 77 Afghan police officials and soldiers are killed per week by Taliban insurgents. The insurgency has prevailed despite more than a decade of US and UK military involvement in the region. Some 450 British troops lost their lives in the course of the war.
(AFP Photo/Crown Copyright/MOD 2014/Corporal Andrew Morris)
Pengeluaran candu juga terus menuai keuntungan rekod. Sementara itu, lebih 33 % peratus daripada sekolah2 di wilayah Helmand yg tetap tertutup di tengah-tengah kebimbangan yang semakin meningkat untuk keselamatan pelajar.
berlaku ketidakstabilan
Menteri pertahanan United Kingdom Michael Fallon memberi amaran tiada jami-nan sebenar wilayah Helmand yg bermasalah pernah akan stabil. Beliau mendak-wa, bagaimanapun, campur tangan tentera di United Kingdom telah digagalkan Al-Qaeda dpd membentuk dasar yang ada yg merancang serangan pengganas.
"Kami telah memberikan Afghanistan peluang yang terbaik untuk masa depan yang lebih selamat, terutamanya melalui pengorbanan pasukan kita sendiri dan pasukan NATO yang lain dalam membina tentera Afghanistan," katanya.
Walaupun lebih 4,000 pegawai keselamatan Afghanistan tewas pada tahun 2014, hanya 5 orang pegawai British kehilangan nyawa mereka di Afghanistan selama tempoh ini.
Seorang pegawai tentera senior Afghanistan di utara Helmand memberitahu kepada ‘Times’ rantau ini masih sangat tidak stabil.
"Saya tidak faham apabila mereka berkata misi mereka selesai," katanya. "Keadaan ini adalah sama seperti sebelumnya. Musuh masih kuat."
Opium production also continues to reap record profits. Meanwhile, over 33 percent of schools in the Helmand province remain closed amid heightened fears for students’ security.
Prevailing instability
UK defense secretary Michael Fallon warned there was no real guarantee the troubled Helmand province would ever be stable. He claimed, however, the UK’s military intervention had thwarted Al-Qaeda from forming a base there from which to plan terrorist attacks.
“We have given Afghanistan the best possible chance of a safer future, primarily through the sacrifice of our own troops and other NATO troops in building up the Afghan army,” he said.
While over 4,000 Afghan security officials were killed in 2014, a mere five British officers lost their lives in Afghanistan over this period.
A senior Afghan army officer in northern Helmand told The Times the region is still highly unstable.
“I don’t understand when they say their mission is finished,” he said. “The situation is the same as before. The enemy is still strong.”
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