India, June 8 -- Citizens of 12 countries will not be able to enter the United States from Monday, June 9, following US President Donald Trump's ban order, issued for what he says is an effort to protect the country from "foreign terrorists".

Donald Trump announced the ban on US entry for citizens of 12 countries earlier this week in an action that stemmed from a January 20 executive order he issued requiring the Department of State, Department of Homeland Security and the Director of National Intelligence to compile a report on "hostile attitudes" toward the United States.

The countries affected by the latest travel ban are

Afghanistan,Myanmar,Chad,Republic of the Congo,Equatorial Guinea,Eritrea,Haiti,Iran,Libya,Somalia,SudanYemen

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