From: "U.S. Dept of State Listserver" Subject: DOSTRAVEL India and Pakistan Public Announcement 6/18/99 Newsgroups: wstd.travel.advisories Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 14:58:25 GMT Organization: The World @ Software Tool & Die Reply-To: "U.S. Dept of State Listserver" Xref: world wstd.travel.advisories:2262 Path: world!bzs Sender: US Dept of State Travel Warnings Message-ID: <199906231459.JAA61730@piglet.cc.uic.edu> Approved: usenet@world.std.com Distribution: wstd Comments: To: State Department Travel Warnings Lines: 17 India and Pakistan - Public Announcement June 18, 1999 Military action along the line of control between India and Pakistan near the Indo-Pakistani border has intensified since late May. Therefore, the Department of State recommends that U.S. citizens avoid travel in Kashmir, particularly in areas close to the Indo-Pakistani line of control, until current tensions between the two countries subside. This Public Announcement supplements the Public Announcement for India dated June 2, 1999 and the Travel Warning for Pakistan dated February 3, 1999 to reiterate our strong recommendation that American citizens avoid travel in Kashmir, particularly in areas along the line of control. For additional information on travel to India and Pakistan, please consult those documents and the latest Consular Information Sheets for India and Pakistan. This Public Announcement expires September 17, 1999.