WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. citizens are advised not to travel to Afghanistan, where the security threat to Americans remains critical, the State Department said Thursday.
"No part of Afghanistan should be considered immune from violence, and the potential exists throughout the country for hostile acts, either targeted or random, against U.S. and other Western nationals at any time," the State Department said in its advisory.
The department also warned that U.S. citizens and non-government organization workers risk kidnapping and assassination throughout the country.
"Remnants of the former Taliban regime and the al-Qaida terrorist network, as well as other groups hostile to International Security Assistance Force military operations, remain active," the State Department said, and Afghan authorities have a "limited ability" to keep order and ensure security.
Travel throughout the country was unsafe because of military operations, feuding tribes and the possibility of attacks by insurgents, among other things.
"The security situation remains volatile and unpredictable throughout the country, with some areas, especially in the southeast, experiencing substantially increased levels of violence," the advisory said.
