The U.S. Department of State updated Travel Warnings, which are issued to describe long-term, protracted conditions that make a country dangerous or unstable.

A Travel Warning is also issued when the U.S. Government''s ability to assist American citizens is constrained due to the closure of an embassy or consulate or because of a drawdown of its staff. The following countries meet those criteria: Nigeria, Haiti, Iran, Sri Lanka, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Mali, Chad, Nepal, Lebanon, Georgia, Sudan, Central African Republic, Colombia, Algeria, Eritrea, Syria, Congo, Philippines, Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, Burundi, Cote d''Ivoire, Somalia, Kenya, Afghanistan.

The Department of State warned U.S. citizens that the potential for a terrorist attack or localized civil disturbance still exists in Uzbekistan. The Department of State urged Americans in Uzbekistan to exercise caution when traveling in the region.

The U.S. Government continues to receive information that indicates terrorist groups may be planning attacks, possibly against U.S. interests, in Uzbekistan. Supporters of terrorist groups such as the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, Al-Qaida, the Islamic Jihad Union, and the Eastern Turkistan Islamic Movement are active in the region. Members of these groups have expressed anti-U.S. sentiments and have attacked U.S. Government interests in the past, including the U.S. Embassy in Tashkent, and may attempt to target U.S. Government or private American interests in Uzbekistan. In the past, these groups have conducted kidnappings, assassinations, and suicide bombings.