aside 3 Feb

NATO mulls paying for Afghan forces after 2014 (AP)

United States Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, right, speaks with German Defense Minister Thomas de Maiziere during a round table meeting of NATO defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Friday, Feb. 3, 2012. U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta won't dispute a report that he believes Israel may attack Iran this spring in an attempt to set back the Islamic republic's nuclear program. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)AP – NATO’s top official said Friday that the alliance expects regional powers to contribute to a multibillion dollar fund to finance the Afghan army and police after they assume full responsibility for the war in 2014.