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

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

SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images

How to Save the Afghan Election

The South Asia Channel |

June 25, 2014, 3:58 PM

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