washington the us on wednesday issued a new travel advisory for countries including india which its officials said is user friendly as it is based on readytounderstand level of advice ranging from one to fourindia has been ranked level 2 exercise increased caution while pakistan has been places in level 3 reconsider travel level 1 advises travllers to exercise normal precaution while level 4 which has countries like afghanistan recommends do not travelnow every country has a travel advisory based on this system which has replaced all the previous such advisories these improvements will provide us citizens with clear timely and reliable safety and security information worldwide the state department saidplacing india on level 2 the state department identified crime and terrorism for americans to exercise increased caution however it asks americans not to travel to jammu and kashmir except for eastern ladakh and leh and not to venture within 10 miles of the indiapakistan border due to the potential for armed conflictthe state department explained that while it will issue an overall travel advisory level for every country levels of advice may vary for specific locations or areas within a countryindian authorities report rape is one of the fastest growing crimes in india violent crime such as sexual assault has occurred at tourist sites and in other locations the new india travel advisory saidterrorists or armed groups are active in eastcentral india primarily in rural areas it added terrorists may attack with little or no warning targeting tourist locations transportation hubs marketsshopping malls and local government facilities it saidranking pakistan on level 3 the state department asked americans to reconsider travel to this country due to terrorism it advises americans not to travel to travel to balochistan province khyber pakhtunkhwa kpk province and the federally administered tribal areas fata due to terrorismamericans are also advised not to travel to pakoccupied kashmir due to terrorism and the potential for armed conflictover the past six months there have been at least 40 significant terrorist attacks across pakistan resulting in over 225 deaths and 475 wounded most of which occurred in balochistan kpk and the fata in the past there have been largescale terrorist attacks resulting in hundreds of casualties it said