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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Political movements in Afghanistan
1947 establishments in Afghanistan
1951 disestablishments in Afghanistan
Youth organizations established in 1947
Secularist organizations
Nationalist parties in Asia
Socialist parties in Asia
Defunct socialist parties in Asia
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