Since the start of the "war on terrorism", the "firm" - unofficially valued at $13.5bn - has taken on an added significance.
The Carlyle Group has become the thread which indirectly links American military policy in Afghanistan to the personal financial fortunes of its celebrity employees, not least the current president's father, George Bush Sr.
And, until earlier this month, Carlyle provided another curious link to the Afghan crisis: among the firm's multi-million-dollar investors were members of the family of Osama bin Laden
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