Yasin Zia
Yasin Zia | |
|---|---|
یاسین ضیا | |
Zia greeting Afghan National Army troops in 2020 | |
| Minister of Defense | |
Acting | |
| In office 19 March 2021 – 19 June 2021 | |
| President | Ashraf Ghani |
| Preceded by | Asadullah Khalid |
| Succeeded by | Bismillah Khan Mohammadi |
| Deputy Minister of Defense | |
| In office 27 March 2019 – 7 July 2020 | |
| Minister | Asadullah Khalid |
| Chief of General Staff of Afghanistan | |
| In office 7 July 2020 – 19 June 2021 | |
| President | Ashraf Ghani |
| Preceded by | Bismillah Waziri |
| Succeeded by | Wali Mohammad Ahmadzai |
| Deputy National Security Adviser | |
| In office December 2017 – 27 March 2019 | |
| Governor of Takhar | |
| In office 12 October 2015 – 28 May 2017 | |
| Deputy | Farid Zaki |
| Preceded by | Abdul Latif Ibrahimi |
| Succeeded by | Fazlullah Mujadedi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Muhammad Yasin Zia |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Afghanistan |
| Rank | General |
| Battles/wars | War in Afghanistan |
Muhammad Yasin Zia is an Afghan military officer and politician who is the leader of the Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF), which is involved in the Republican insurgency in Afghanistan against the Taliban, since 2022. He previously served as Chief of General Staff of the Afghan National Army (ANA) from 2020 to 2021.
He is also a former Deputy Defense Minister, and former governor of Takhar Province, Afghanistan. Zia has also served as head of Afghanistan's counter terrorism unit (2011) and as the deputy director of the National Directorate of Security (2011–2015).