Settam-e-Melli (
Dari Persian for "National Oppression"), variously
romanized as
Setam-i-Milli,
Setami Milli,
Setam-i-Meli,
Setam-e-Meli,
Setami-i-Milli, and
Setame Melli, was a political movement in
Afghanistan, led by
Tahir Badakhshi. The organization was affiliated with the
Non-Aligned Movement, and was opposed by both the
Afghan monarchy and by the
Soviet-aligned
People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan. National Oppression was a
Marxist,
Maoist, pro-
Beijing group, although it also drew support from the Soviets at times. Its followers were mostly
Persian speakers and included many
Shia. Most of its members were non-
Pashtuns—
Tajik,
Uzbek, and other minorities—and it has been variously described as an anti-Pashtun separatist group and as a Tajik and Uzbek separatist group. "Information on Settam-e-Melli is vague and contradictory, but it appears to have been an anti-Pashtun leftist mutation."