On the 117th day of the war, after a week of consultations, the first phase of negotiations between India and Pakistan ended.

On the same day, the Pakistani authorities announced that they would begin withdrawing troops from Amritsar within 24 hours and that security would be gradually handed over to private security companies.

On the same day, the United Nations paid $600 million to Angu.

According to the contract, for the next six months, Angu will be responsible for the security of Amritsar, as well as the distribution of humanitarian relief supplies to refugees, under the supervision of the relevant United Nations agencies.

Whether or not to extend the contract afterwards is a matter of fact.

Half a year is enough?

Obviously, the problem is not so simple.

Although there is no way to make accurate statistics, it is certain that the refugees in Amritsar far exceeded the pre-war population.

Even according to the most conservative estimates, there are 10 million, maybe 15 million.

Half a year, can you settle so many refugees?

Not to mention India, it can't be done by any other country.

Obviously, as long as these refugees are there, then the humanitarian relief operation in Amritsar will not end and the Indian military government will not take over.

Of course, there is no way to take over.

Why?

After a large influx of ***, Amritsar has become ***'s territory, and *** who fled here certainly doesn't believe in the Indian military government.

Since then, the United Nations has repeatedly increased its relief allocation, eventually reaching $18 billion.

Apparently, the "peacekeeping" operation in Amritsar has also been repeatedly extended.

The problem is that the United Nations can provide humanitarian assistance to local war refugees in accordance with relevant regulations, but it is unable to continue to provide more funds for the hiring of private security companies, and it is difficult to raise more than one billion yuan a year in maintenance costs through normal channels.

You know, if there is a real need for peacekeeping, a peacekeeping force should be sent.

So, what to do?

In fact, this is the key issue in the second phase of negotiations between the two sides.

Although the situation at that time, including the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, all believed that India and Pakistan should take a longer-term view and not get entangled in minor issues, from the perspective of maintaining relations between India and Pakistan, the Amritsar issue must be properly resolved.

Why?

The current Amritsar is no longer the pre-war Amritsar.

Millions of *** have changed the demographic structure of Amritsar, and it has become a new focus of the conflict between India and Pakistan, and it can even be said to be a dead end.

Because Amritsar is originally an Indian city, the contradictions are more prominent than Kashmir.

If this issue is not resolved, it will inevitably become a flashpoint in the next conflict between India and Pakistan.

So what to do?

In the beginning, the Indian military government did not budge, insisting that after the signing of an armistice treaty with Pakistan, it would send troops to recover Amritsar and take over the entire city, so that Amritsar would return to the arms of India and be directly administered by the Indian central government.

Is it possible?

It is simply impossible for the Pakistani authorities to agree.

Why?

In Amritsar there are nearly 10 million***!

Over the past few decades, more than 100 million *** in India have been oppressed, so after the Pakistani army surrounded Amritsar, *** from all over the country flocked to Amritsar, and many of them tried to go to Pakistan through Amritsar, i.e. flee India.

However, it is clear that Pakistan cannot accept millions of refugees.

However, Pakistan will not give up on these ***.

Giving the central government of India direct control of Amritsar is tantamount to imposing a death sentence on these ***.

When the situation calms down, India will definitely liquidate.

For this reason, the Pakistani authorities have made it clear that Pakistan will not sign any agreement with India if the interests of the Pakistani are not guaranteed.

Of course, this is also a hint that Pakistan could send troops to take control of Amritsar at any time.

Don't forget, Amritsar is right next to Lahore.

Obviously, the only mutually acceptable outcome is for Amritsar to be self-governing.

To put it more bluntly, Amritsar still belongs to India in name only, and the central government of India has officials in charge of local administration, albeit symbolically, while Amritsar is actually managed by the Autonomous Council, and law and order is provided by private security companies.

In addition, Amritsar must be a demilitarized zone.

In response to this last issue, after the Indian military government made its position clear, the Pakistani authorities also made a concession by promising to withdraw the army by 20 kilometres, i.e., to deploy no regular troops within 20 kilometres behind the border, while India pledged to keep the troops in Jalandhar.

The Indian military government has not proposed an alternative to the autonomy of Amritsar.

In fact, there is no alternative.

The key is still the cost.

Clearly, the Indian military government cannot afford and is unwilling to afford the cost, which can be more than a billion dollars a year.

As for Pakistan, there is no reason to bear it.

Fortunately, with the previous conditions, that is, to make Amritsar autonomous, the problem is simpler.

Why?

With autonomy, the Amritsar authorities were able to dispose of their own tax revenues.

Obviously, even if you don't find an "Angu" company, you still need to form a police force, which will also cost money.

To put it simply, it is to use taxes to pay for security.

Of course, in order to get enough tax revenue, Amritsar needs to have a sufficiently developed economy, and it needs to make some efforts in terms of construction.

After the signing of an armistice agreement between India and Pakistan, that is, the autonomy of Amritsar was confirmed, the company signed a long-term contract with the Amritsar authorities for a period of 20 years, under which the company was responsible for the security work of the secret pastor, and gradually cultivated the security force for Amritsar, while the Amritsar self-government authorities entrusted the post-war reconstruction and future development to the company.

As a result, Amritsar became India's first free trade zone.

Of course, only nominally belonging to India.

Is this a bad thing?

Of course not.

At least, for the people of Amritsar, a brighter future has been given to the self-control status and the status of a free trade zone.

In this way, Amritsar has also become a window to India.

However, this is not necessarily a good thing in the long run.

Why?

Amritsar is just a city, and it is only an autonomous region, and it is still nominally part of India, so it will inevitably have an impact on India.

While the vast majority of Indians were starving, the Indians of Amritsar were living in affluence.

Will the Indian authorities be able to tolerate this?

Or will India allow Amritsar to continue to develop freely after the wounds of the war have healed, not following the orders of the central government?