General Mohammad Yasin Zia (Dari: محمد یاسین ضیا), is an Afghan military officer and politician.

[6] As governor, he played a crucial role in operations to suppress the Taliban insurgency in Takhar and the neighboring Kunduz Province.

[14] As deputy general, Zia was assigned to the capital of Takhar, Taloqan, to push Taliban insurgents away and to fix & improve the command structure of Afghan forces.

[19][20] In May 2021, he personally led government forces 120 kilometres (75 mi) from Kabul around and in Mihtarlam, capital of Laghman Province.

[21] The Taliban had previously captured security checkpoints around the city and had seized control of Dawlat Shah District about 75 kilometres (47 mi) to the north.

[23][24][25] He was replaced by Wali Mohammad Ahmadzai as Chief of General staff and Bismillah Khan Mohammadi as acting defense minister amid an increase in fighting with the Taliban on 19 June 2021.

[26] While Chief of General Staff, Yasin Zia had accused the Taliban of not severing its ties with Al-Qaeda, as it pledged to do as part of the Doha Agreement between it and the United States.