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Ashley Jackson

Ashley Jackson is a research associate with the Humanitarian Policy Group at the Overseas Development Institute

Ashley is a research associate with the Humanitarian Policy Group at the Overseas Development Institute, and has a decade of experience working on the ground in humanitarian crises and on policy issues.

US Army soldier is show firing a howitzer weapon, the exhaust of which has made piles of rocks fly on opposite sides of the artillary.

Analysis: Why the US is to blame for its own defeat in Afghanistan

A deal with the Taliban is the best chance the US has of extracting itself from the morass in Afghanistan. But ensuring the country does not become a failed state yet again will require US support.