This Travel Warning is being issued to alert Americans to the fact that the Department of State recommends that American citizens defer all but essential travel to India. U.S. Government personnel in non-emergency positions and all family members who departed India in early June remain out of the country. The Department notes that the very high level of tension between India and Pakistan that existed at the end of May and the beginning of June has subsided somewhat. This condition follows intense diplomatic activity and important steps taken by both India and Pakistan to reduce tension. Nonetheless, military mobilization by the two countries remains in place along the Line of Control and the international boundary. Full Story