US Orders Diplomatic Staff to Leave Pakistan Amid Security Concerns

Washington D.C. The United States has ordered staff working at the Pakistani Embassy to leave Pakistan. Furthermore, the US has also permitted missions in Saudi Arabia, Cyprus, and Oman to be vacated.

The US State Department has reportedly issued a statement ordering American government employees working at the US Embassy in Pakistan, staff at the US Consulates in Lahore and Karachi, and their family members to leave Pakistan due to security risks.

However, it stated that there has been no change in the security situation at the embassy in the capital, Islamabad. Previously, the department had directed US government employees and their family members to leave Saudi Arabia, Oman, and Cyprus due to security risks.

Meanwhile, the department also informed that it has taken steps to assist citizens wishing to leave the Middle East and return to the United States. It is reported that over 9,000 American citizens have safely returned from the Middle East in the last few days, with more than 300 returning from Israel alone.

Two days after US envoys discussed the nuclear deal with Iran in Geneva, the United States and Israel launched attacks on Saturday, resulting in the death of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in the attack.

Following this, Iran expanded its retaliatory attacks in the Middle East; it was reported that on Tuesday, the United States and Israel destroyed major sites in Tehran and attacked the US Consulate.