# United States presidential visits to South Asia

Eight presidents of the United States have made presidential visits to South Asia. The first trip by a sitting president to South Asia was by Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1959. Of the eight countries in the region, only 4 of them have been visited by a sitting American president: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India and Pakistan. The other four countries, Bhutan (which has no formal diplomatic relations with the US), the Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka, have never been visited by a sitting American president.

## Table of visits

Total Number of Visits in each country in South Asia :
| Countries | Total Number of visits |
| India | 9 |
| Afghanistan | 8 |
| Pakistan | 5 |
| Bangladesh | 1 |
| Sri Lanka | 0 |
| Nepal | 0 |
| Maldives | 0 |
| Bhutan | 0 |
| President | Dates | Countries | Locations | Key details |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower | December 7–9, 1959 | Pakistan | Karachi | Informal visit. Met with President Ayub Khan. |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower | December 9, 1959 | Afghanistan | Kabul | Informal visit. Met with King Mohammed Zahir Shah. |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower | December 9–14, 1959 | India | New Delhi, Agra | Met with President Rajendra Prasad and Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. Addressed Parliament. |
| Lyndon B. Johnson | December 23, 1967 | Pakistan | Karachi | Met with President Ayub Khan. |
| Richard Nixon | July 31 – August 1, 1969 | India | New Delhi | State visit. Met with Acting President Mohammad Hidayatullah. Prime Minister is Indira Gandhi |
| Richard Nixon | August 1–2, 1969 | Pakistan | Lahore | State visit. Met with President Yahya Khan. |
| Jimmy Carter | January 1–3, 1978 | India | New Delhi, Daulatpur Nasirabad | Met with President Neelam Sanjiva Reddy and Prime Minister Morarji Desai. Addressed Parliament of India. |
| Bill Clinton | March 19–25, 2000 | India | New Delhi, Agra, Jaipur, Hyderabad, Mumbai | Met with President Kocheril Raman Narayanan. Signed Joint Statement on Energy and the Environment. Addressed the Indian Parliament. |
| Bill Clinton | March 20, 2000 | Bangladesh | Dhaka | Met with President Shahabuddin Ahmed and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. |
| Bill Clinton | March 25, 2000 | Pakistan | Islamabad | Met with President Muhammad Rafiq Tarar and General Pervez Musharraf. Delivered radio address. |
| George W. Bush | March 1, 2006 | Afghanistan | Bagram, Kabul | Met with President Hamid Karzai. Dedicated new U.S. Embassy. Addressed U.S. military personnel. |
| George W. Bush | March 1–3, 2006 | India | New Delhi, Hyderabad | Met with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Signed U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Agreement. |
| George W. Bush | March 3–4, 2006 | Pakistan | Islamabad | Met with President Pervez Musharraf. |
| George W. Bush | December 14–15, 2008 | Afghanistan | Kabul | Met with President Hamid Karzai. Visited U.S. military personnel. |
| Barack Obama | March 27–28, 2010 | Afghanistan | Bagram, Kabul | Met with President Hamid Karzai. Addressed U.S. military personnel. |
| Barack Obama | November 6–9, 2010 | India | Mumbai, New Delhi | Participated in the US-India Business Council and Entrepreneurship Summit in Mumbai. Held a town hall meeting with Mumbai students. Met with President Pratibha Patil and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Addressed the Indian Parliament. Visited the Humayun's Tomb and the Raj Ghat. |
| Barack Obama | December 3, 2010 | Afghanistan | Bagram | Met with the leaders of the U.S. military and diplomatic missions and visited U.S. military personnel. |
| Barack Obama | May 1–2, 2012 | Afghanistan | Kabul | Met with President Karzai and addressed U.S. military personnel. Signed a long-term strategic partnership agreement between Afghanistan and United States. Addressed the nation from there regarding the responsible end of the Afghanistan war. |
| Barack Obama | May 25–26, 2014 | Afghanistan | Bagram | Visited with U.S. troops. |
| Barack Obama | January 25–27, 2015 | India | New Delhi | Met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Participated in the Indian Republic Day celebration, becoming the first US President to do so. Addressed an event organized by the US-India Business Council |
| Donald Trump | November 28, 2019 | Afghanistan | Bagram | Visited with U.S military personnel serving in Eastern Afghanistan. |
| Donald Trump | February 24–25, 2020 | India | Ahmedabad, Agra, New Delhi | Met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Attend Namaste Trump Event at Sardar Patel Stadium. Visited the Taj Mahal at Agra. |
| Joe Biden | September 8–10, 2023 | India | New Delhi | Attended the 2023 G20 summit. |

## Gallery

* President Dwight D. Eisenhower received by Prime minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru at Parliament House in New Delhi, India, 1959
* President Lyndon B. Johnson welcomed by President of Pakistan Ayub Khan in Karachi, Pakistan, December 23, 1967
* President Donald Trump and Prime minister of India Narendra Modi in New Delhi, India, February 25, 2020
* President George W. Bush with President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf in Islamabad, Pakistan, March 4, 2006
* President Bill Clinton with Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka, Bangladesh, March 20, 2000
* President Barack Obama addresses US Troops during his surprise visit in Afghanistan, March 28, 2010