The United Kingdom's foreign, commonwealth & development Office (FCDO) recently included Pakistan in its roster of countries deemed "too dangerous" for its citizens to visit, as reported by the South Asian nation's Geo News.
In its latest update, the FCDO has expanded the list by adding eight more countries.
According to the latest notification by the office, the total count of prohibited destinations now stands at 24, as per Geo News.
The FCDO's advisory encompasses various factors endangering visitors' safety, such as crime, warfare, terrorism, disease outbreaks, adverse weather conditions, and natural calamities, Geo News reported citing the Manchester Evening News.
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The newly added countries are those involved in conflicts, including Russia, Ukraine, Israel, Iran, Sudan, Lebanon, Belarus, and the Palestinian territories.
The blacklisted countries include, Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, the Central African Republic, Chad, Haiti, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Niger, North Korea, Somalia, Somaliland, South Sudan, Syria, Venezuela and Yemen.
Additionally, the Foreign Office has also issued a red list, according to Geo News.
The countries included in the red list represent those regions where travel should be avoided "unless absolutely essential."
"If you're planning to travel somewhere from the UK, remember not to visit the blacklisted countries or countries on the red list," it added.
In 2023, Pakistan, which recently saw a new government taking over following a violence-marred election in February, witnessed 1,524 violence-related fatalities and 1,463 injuries from 789 terror attacks and counter-terror operations, including nearly 1,000 fatalities among civilians and security forces personnel, reported the country's Dawn news outlet.
Moreover, overall fatalities, including those of outlaws, marked a record six-year high, exceeding the 2018 level and the highest since 2017.
Reportedly, the country saw a surge in violence for the third consecutive year with an uptick recorded each year beginning from 2021.
(With ANI inputs)
Army personnel stand amid the rubble following an explosion inside the police headquarters at Kohat in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on September 18, 2026. An explosion at a historic police headquarters in northern Pakistan on September 18 killed at least eight people and wounded 35 more, officials said, with the country's president swiftly blaming a militant group. Getty Images
Mourners read the holy Quran while sitting around the grave of a paramilitary personnel of the Frontier Corps (FC) who was killed during the Afghanistan-Pakistan border clashes, in Kohat on October 17, 2025. A ceasefire along the frontier between Afghanistan and Pakistan was holding on October 16, officials on both sides said, after dozens of troops and civilians were killed in cross-border clashes.Getty Images
