Sunday, December 9, 2012

As foreigners go, Afghan city is feeling abandoned | Synopsis

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As foreigners go, Afghan city is feeling abandoned

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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — By switching from studying business management to training as a nurse, 19-year-old Anita Taraky has placed a bet on the future of the southern Afghan city of Kandahar — that once foreign troops are gone, private-sector jobs will be fewer but nursing will always be in demand. Only on NBCNews. com Besides, if the Taliban militants recapture the southern Afghan city that was their movement's birthplace and from which they were expelled by U.S.-led forces 11 years ago, nursing will likely be one of the few professions left open to women. Taraky is one of thousands of Kandaharis who are weighing their options with the approaching departure of the U.S. and its coalition partners. But while she has opted to stay, businessman Esmatullah Khan is leaving. Khan, 29, made his living in property dealing and supplying services to the Western contingents operating in the city.

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Esmatullah Khan

Overall Sentiment: 0.0439146

Relevance: 0.768708

SentimentQuote
0.202439"From our baker to our electrician to our plumber, everyone was engaged with the foreign troops and so they are all targets for the Taliban. And unless the government is much stronger, when the foreign troops leave, that is the end," Khan said. ...
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 1
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.202439
  • Mean: 0.202439
  • Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

Anita Taraky

Overall Sentiment: 0.104223

Relevance: 0.426072

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  • The Mean is meant to be an indicator of an individual's average comment sentiment.
  • The Standard Deviation, when there are enough quotes, will indicate an individual's consistency of sentiment (i.e. a Standard Deviation of 0 would mean they were very consistent in their sentiment and 1 would mean they were very inconsistent).

Note that quote stats are likely to be meaningless beyond the aggregate score due to the tiny sample size. However, they are always provided just in case you find something useful there.

Additional Info:

Organization: Taliban

Overall Sentiment: 0.2018

Relevance: 0.705696

City: KANDAHAR

Overall Sentiment: -0.0317566

Relevance: 0.865824

Country: Afghanistan

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.375624

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