Al Jazeera is reporting Afghan President Hamid Karzai has met Sirajuddin Haqqani, a major leader of the anti-US insurgency in Afghanistan. Haqqani is reported to have been accompanied to the meeting by Pakistan’s army chief and the head of Pakistani intelligence services. The Haqqani network is thought to be responsible for the most sophisticated attacks in Kabul and across the country. The meeting comes weeks after reports that Karzai has lost faith in the United States and is increasingly turning to Pakistan. On Sunday, CIA director Leon Panetta said there was “no evidence” that the Haqqani network leadership was willing to negotiate.

Leon Panetta: “We have seen no evidence that they are truly interested in reconciliation, where they would surrender their arms, where they would denounce al-Qaeda, where they would really try to become part of that society.”

CIA director Leon Panetta, speaking on ABC’s This Week.