Did you know that on Sunday, the Pakistani and Indian armies exchanged fire along their disputed border, resulting in the death of a Pakistani soldier? If not, you wouldn't be the only one. The lack of buzz crystallizes how much Pakistan-India relations have improved over the last few years.

Time now for the world to get involved. The solution: let all the borders fade away. Turn Kashmir into an autonomous, demilitarized free trade zone.

Pakistan's Empowerment and Self-Governance Ordinance falls short of local demands and provides only a change in nomenclature rather than genuine political reform.

If Pakistan and India could declare peace and accept a line through the region as their final national boundaries, it could pay off huge dividends in the fight against terrorists.