Wíṣ Zalmiyān/Weekh Zalmyan (Pashto: ويښ زلميان or Awakened Youth) was a left-wing youth movement started in 1947 in Kandahar. The movement was focused on a nationalist agenda of modernization.Misdaq, Nabi (2006). ''Afghanistan: Political Frailty And External Interference.'' Taylor & Francis, Following a brief period of liberalisation encouraged by Prime Minister

Shah Mahmud Khan Sardar Shah Mahmud Khan (Pashto/Dari: سردار شاه محمود خان – b:1890 d: 27 December 1959) was the Prime Minister of Afghanistan from May 1946 to 7 September 1953, under King Mohammed Zahir Shah's monarchy. He was from the Pashtun ...

, it was dissolved in a crackdown between 1951 and 1952. The crackdown has been described as a contributing factor in the radicalisation of many leaders who later established the People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan.Male, Beverly (1982). ''Revolutionary Afghanistan: A Reappraisal.'' Croom Helm, Noor Mohammad Tarakai stated he was a founder of the movement, and Babrak Karmal and

Hafizullah Amin Hafizullah Amin (Pashto/ prs, حفيظ الله امين; 1 August 192927 December 1979) was an Afghan communist revolutionary, politician and teacher. He organized the Saur Revolution of 1978 and co-founded the Democratic Republic of Afghanist ...

also said they had been involved.

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