A year after Biden's Afghanistan exit, accountability in short supply

FILE PHOTO: U.S. and Afghan soldiers take a knee near a U.S. Army Chinook during an operation near the town of Walli Was in Paktika province November 1, 2012. Picture taken November 1. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic/File Photo

(This August 10 story has been refiled to make clear in paragraph 17 Austin chose to impose no accountability)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As weary U.S. military planners wrapped up the evacuation and pullout from Afghanistan one year ago, officials across the government steeled themselves for intense public scrutiny into how America's longest war ended in shambles with the Taliban retaking power.