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==Conclusion==
For decades, Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan—known as the Golden Crescent—dominated the global opium market as a major hub for production and trafficking.  However, production shifted to Afghanistan in the 1970s after opium was banned in Turkey and other countries in the Golden Crescent resulting in 80% of the world's opium supply being located in Afghanistan while US non profits were supplying 'agricultural' technical assistance. This coincided with the loss of the Golden Triangle opium routes ran out of Vietnam. Land reform was frowned upon by the west, intelligence agencies in need of opium sales for fund covert operations.