https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/new-york/nysdce/1:2003cv09848/241306/316/

Here's one example, of a case has been kicking around forever.

It's a weird case where there's three sides. The US Govt, the Taliban, and 9/11 victims' families all disagree on who should get the cash and gold in the NY Fed's vaults. A few years ago, a federal judge froze the assets of the Taliban, and as of when this was all happening, the US didn't recognize the Taliban as ruling Afghanistan.

It ended with half going to 9/11 victims' families and the other half to humanitarian causes. None went back to the current Afghani govt.

for more:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/02/us/politics/9-11-families-taliban-funds.html
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/11/biden-7bn-frozen-afghan-reserves-taliban

I read the article, and he did touch on the endemic issue I've run into of "that patch didn't come from us, so it's rejected (or ignored)".