Sir: One of the positive and long lasting decisions made by the present government was to fully endorse a military operation against militants and terrorists in the tribal areas. As was recently reported by the Director General (DG) Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), Operation Zarb-e-Azb is successfully proceeding as planned against the militants and their bases. Rehabilitation work is in progress in the areas so far cleared of terrorists in North Waziristan, whereas the armed forces are fully determined to root out this menace permanently from all the affected areas. ISPR also reported that Afghanistan is not cooperating as yet in rooting out terrorist bases on the other side of the border. It is hoped that our government — which is trying to foster friendly relations with the newly elected government of Afghanistan — will succeed in acquiring the required cooperation from Afghanistan in order to have lasting and effective peace in the region. For that we may have to give a little to get a lot. FARVAT MALIK Lahore