The U.S. State Department this week updated a travel advisory for Americans traveling and working in Pakistan, warning that extremist groups operating in the country were continuing to target U.S. and other Western citizens and interests.
It cited part of the reason for the advisory as "reported" abductions of U.S. citizens "for ransom or personal reasons," including the kidnapping of a U.S. citizen in Lahore in June. No further details about that incident were released.
Abductions are not unusual in Pakistan, though those targeted are typically Pakistani rather than American or Western.
In early July, a Swiss couple was grabbed at gunpoint while traveling in the town of Loralai in the volatile southwestern Balochistan province, provincial officials said at the time.
Three weeks after their abduction, Pakistani authorities said they believed the couple was still alive.
Weinstein's abduction follows another high-profile incident involving an American in Lahore.
Raymond Davis, a CIA contractor, was charged with killing two men in January, but was released in March after compensation was paid to their families.
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