Ashley Jackson

Ashley Jackson is co-director of the Centre for the Study of Armed Groups at the Overseas Development Institute.

Articles by Ashley Jackson

Afghan girls carry water jugs through a dirt graveyard.

It’s Time to Engage With the Taliban. Afghan Lives Depend on It.

Argument

December 2, 2021, 2:03 PM

Taliban militants and villagers attend a gathering as they celebrate the U.S.-Afghan peace deal in Laghman province, Afghanistan, on March 2.

For the Taliban, the Pandemic Is a Ladder

Argument

May 6, 2020, 2:14 PM

Taliban fighters and local residents celebrate the ceasefire on the second day of Eid in the outskirts of Jalalabad on June 16,2018.

There Will Be No Peace for Afghanistan

Argument

July 4, 2019, 5:56 PM

A U.S. flag flies at a checkpoint in the Deh Bala district in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, on July 8. (Wakil Kohsar/AFP/Getty Images)

Trump Leaves Behind Mess for Afghans to Clean Up

Argument

December 21, 2018, 12:17 PM

Kandahar Police Chief Abdul Raziq poses during a graduation ceremony at a police training center in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on Feb. 19, 2017. (Jawed Tanveer/AFP/Getty Images)

The Taliban Just Won a Key Battle for Afghanistan’s Future

Argument

October 20, 2018, 11:48 AM

The scene on the main road of Nawa-i-Barakzai district center in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on Aug. 2. The Taliban held the area from October 2016 to July 2017.

The Taliban’s Fight for Hearts and Minds

Feature

September 12, 2018, 8:00 AM

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How to Save the Afghan Election

The South Asia Channel

June 25, 2014, 3:58 PM

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What have we learned about stabilization in Afghanistan? Not much.

The South Asia Channel

May 15, 2013, 1:02 PM

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