| Awakened Youth Movement | |
| Colorcode: | red |
| 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.