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.[1] Following a brief period of liberalisation encouraged by Prime Minister Shah Mahmud Khan, 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.[2] Noor Mohammad Tarakai stated he was a founder of the movement, and Babrak Karmal and Hafizullah Amin also said they had been involved.
Awakened Youth Movement | |
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| Founded | 1947 |
| Dissolved | 1951 |
| Preceded by | Khudai Khidmatgar |
| Succeeded by | People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan |
| Headquarters | Kandahar |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| International affiliation | Cominform |
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References edit
- ^ Misdaq, Nabi (2006). Afghanistan: Political Frailty And External Interference. Taylor & Francis, ISBN 9780415702058
- ^ Male, Beverly (1982). Revolutionary Afghanistan: A Reappraisal. Croom Helm, ISBN 9780709917168
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