'reconsider Travel Because...': Trump Administration Advises Americans Against Travelling To Pakistan

The US Department of State connected Wednesday issued a recreation advisory to American citizens, informing them against travelling to Pakistan, pursuing India's Operation Sindoor. On Wednesday, India conducted a bid of precision strikes targeting panic camps crossed Pakistan's Punjab state and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. 

The State Department's advisory read: "We are alert of nan reports of subject strikes by India into Pakistan. This remains an evolving situation, and we are intimately monitoring developments. US citizens are reminded of nan 'Do Not Travel' advisory for areas successful nan vicinity of nan India-Pakistan separator and nan Line of Control owed to coercion and imaginable for equipped conflict, and nan US Department of State's 'Reconsider Travel' advisory for Pakistan generally." 

It besides mentioned nan airspace closure and said that galore flights to and from Pakistan person been cancelled. The State Department advised Americans to workout be aware and time off nan area if they find themselves unexpectedly successful nan area of subject activities and return a shelter if they cannot relocate. 

American citizens person been advised to transportation recognition and cooperate pinch authorities. They are besides advised to show section media for updates and support a debased floor plan while being alert of their surroundings. 

This, however, was not nan first clip that nan US State Department warned Americans to reconsider recreation to Pakistan. In March this year, nan State Department urged Americans to reconsider recreation to India's occidental neighbour “due to terrorism and nan imaginable for equipped conflict.”

The advisory astatine nan clip urged Americans to debar Balochistan Province and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, which includes nan erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), owed to terrorism. 

Early Wednesday, Indian forces launched Operation Sindoor, targeting 9 locations linked to violent groups Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) pursuing nan Pahalgam massacre that claimed 26 civilian lives.

The Indian Defence Ministry stated: “Our actions person been focused, measured and non-escalatory successful nature. No Pakistani subject accommodation person been targeted. India has demonstrated sizeable restraint successful action of targets and method of execution.”

Published on: May 7, 2025 11:56 AM IST