Weekh Zalmian Explained

Awakened Youth Movement
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Predecessor:Khudai Khidmatgar
Successor:People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan
Headquarters:Kandahar
Position:Left-wing
International:Cominform
Country:Afghanistan

Wíṣ Zalmiyān/Weekh Zalmyan (Pashto: ويښ زلميان or Awakened Youth) was a left-wing youth movement started in 1947 in Kandahar Afghanistan. The movement was focused on a nationalist agenda of modernization.[1] Following a brief period of liberalisation encouraged by Prime Minister Shah Mahmud Khan, it was dissolved in a crackdown in 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.[2] Noor Mohammad Tarakai stated he was a founder of the movement, and Babrak Karmal and Hafizullah Amin also said they had been involved.

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Notes and References

  1. Misdaq, Nabi (2006). Afghanistan: Political Frailty And External Interference. Taylor & Francis,
  2. Male, Beverly (1982). Revolutionary Afghanistan: A Reappraisal. Croom Helm,