Ashley Jackson

Ashley Jackson is a research associate at the Overseas Development Institute and a Ph.D. candidate at King’s College London.

Stories by Ashley Jackson

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

SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images

How to Save the Afghan Election

The South Asia Channel |

June 25, 2014, 3:58 PM

Manjunath Kiran/AFP/Getty Images

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

The South Asia Channel |

May 15, 2013, 1:02 PM

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