Wesh Zalmian

Awakened Youth Movement
Awakened Youth Movement
Founded	1947
Dissolved	1951
	Politics of Afghanistan; Political parties; Elections;

Wesh Zalmian (Pashto: ويښ زلميان or Awakened Youth) was a reformist 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.

References

^ 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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[Misdaq-1] Misdaq, Nabi (2006). Afghanistan: Political Frailty And External Interference. Taylor & Francis, ISBN 9780415702058

[male-2] Male, Beverly (1982). Revolutionary Afghanistan: A Reappraisal. Croom Helm, ISBN 9780709917168

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Awakened Youth Movement
Founded	1947 (1947)
Dissolved	1951 (1951)
Politics of Afghanistan Political parties Elections

Wesh Zalmian

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