阿富汗塔利班組織宣佈新領導人

The Afghan Taliban have announced a new leader to replace Mullah Akhtar Mansour who was killed in a US drone strike.

阿富汗激進組織塔利班已經宣佈了新的領袖，以取代在美軍無人機襲擊中被殺的毛拉·阿赫塔爾·曼蘇爾。

In a statement, the Taliban acknowledged Mansour's death for the first time and named his successor as Mawlawi Hibatullah Akhundzada. Analysts say it is unlikely the group will change direction under hardline religious scholar Akhundzada.

在一份聲明中，塔利班首次承認了曼蘇爾的死亡，並將領袖繼承者稱爲馬拉維·希巴杜拉·艾昆薩塔。分析人士稱，在強硬派宗教學者艾昆薩塔的領導下，該組織將不會改變方向。

Last year the Taliban were plunged into turmoil when Mansour replaced the group's founder Mullah Mohammad Omar. Under his stewardship, the Taliban refused to take part in peace talks. Instead, militant attacks escalated and became more daring.

去年，當曼蘇爾接替組織創始人毛拉·穆罕默德·奧馬爾時，該組織陷入了混亂當中。在他的領導下，塔利班拒絕進行和平談話。取而代之的是將侵略性襲擊擴大、變得更加駭人。

Mawlawi Hibatullah Akhundzada, a former head of the Taliban courts, was a deputy leader to Mansour. He comes from Kandahar in the Taliban heartlands of southern Afghanistan and seems to have been an acceptable choice for a significant number of Taliban shura (council) members. The new leader is not as controversial as his predecessor.

馬拉維·希巴杜拉·艾昆薩塔是前塔利班領導人曼蘇爾的副手。他來自位於阿富汗南部塔利班腹地的坎大哈，對於塔利班理事會相當一部分人來說，他都是可以接受的選擇。新領導人不像前任那樣充滿爭議。

The statement also said that Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob, son of Mullah Omar, would become a joint deputy head of the movement, alongside current deputy leader Sirajuddin Haqqani.

該聲明中還寫道，奧馬爾的兒子毛拉·默罕默德·雅各布將與目前的副領袖西拉祖丁·哈卡尼一起成爲聯合副首領。

Sirajuddin Haqqani, who is much more well known, is leader of the Haqqani network which has been blamed for some of the most violent attacks inside Afghanistan. The group is known for its daring raids on Western and Afghan targets, particularly in Kabul.

作爲哈卡尼網絡的領袖，西拉祖丁·哈卡尼更加出名，因在阿富汗境內領導了一些暴力襲擊事件而被人們所指責。該組織因在西方和阿富汗地區，尤其是喀布爾的駭人襲擊而聞名。

Mansour named Akhundzada as his successor in his will, Taliban sources told AFP, in what may be an attempt to legitimise the transition.

塔利班消息人士告訴法新社稱，曼蘇爾在他的遺願中點名任命艾昆薩塔作爲繼任者，這可能是使得交接合法化的一種嘗試。