3/11/19: An especially ugly underbelly to the US presence in Afghanistan was exposed recently when the US DOJ reached a settlement of its civil forfeiture case against assets owned by a government contractor in that country. Approximately $25 million will be forfeited to the US as part of a global settlement resolving a criminal case and False Claims Act allegations...
The asset forfeiture part of the long, long legal battle was brought under the US’ Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative. The extraordinary effort made by multiple enforcement agencies to bring this particular case – with all its twists, turns and side-trips – to a close is worth reading...