A senior ‘member’ of the Taliban, Mullah Khairullah Khairkhwah, said that the United States (US) and the Taliban negotiators will likely sign the much-awaited peace agreement after Eid al-Adha -- at the end of the current week, reports Tolo News on August 9. In a recorded video published on YouTube, the Taliban member says the talks between the US and the group will continue after Eid al-Adha which ends on August 13. He said that the peace deal between the US and the Taliban will be signed in the presence of representatives of the United Nations (UN) the Islamic Organization and regional countries after the return of the US Special Envoy Zalmay Khalilzad to Doha after Eid (August 14). “Discussions on other issues such as intra-Afghan negotiations will be made after that [the signing of the peace deal],” he said.