In a recently published book, former Special Envoy Satinder Lambah confirms that an agreement on the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir between India and Pakistan was ready to be signed under the administration of then Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistani President General Musharraf. However, the Mumbai 26/11 attacks in 2008 and the judiciary standoff in Pakistan in 2007 halted the deal. The agreement sought to create a “normal border” between the two countries without redrawing the borders. Lambah’s book also details a progression from a four-point solution to a 14-point set of guidelines for a settlement, which includes trade, ending cross-border terrorism, respecting human rights, and reducing military presence on both sides of the LoC. The book states that engagement with Pakistan persists despite the breakdowns in relations caused by several incidents such as the Pathankot and Pulwama attacks, Kashmir’s reorganisation in 2019 and the recent violence in Poonch. Re-versiting the non-territorial near-agreement of a decade-and-a-half ago is essential to resolving the conflict in the Valley.