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.Misdaq, Nabi (2006). Afghanistan: Political Frailty And External Interference. Taylor & Francis, 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.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 also said they had been involved.

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Khalq PDPA Mir Akbar Khyber Shah Mahmud Khan Sulaiman Layeq

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