KABUL (Reuters) - A U.S. and British advance into Taliban-held parts of Afghanistan's most violent province is helping persuade insurgent fighters to negotiate, the province's governor said on Thursday.
Helmand province, which produces most of the world's opium and where vast swathes were under Taliban control, has been the scene since July of the biggest operations of the 8-year-old war, with U.S. Marines and British forces seizing Taliban-held areas.
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