Golden Crescent known for opium production - Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan

Q.  Golden Crescent, an area known for illicit opium production includes which of the following nations?

1) Afghanistan
2) Iraq
3) Iran
4) Pakistan
- Published on 11 Jul 16

a. 1, 2
b. 1, 4
c. 1, 3, 4
d. All of the above

ANSWER: 1, 3, 4
 
  • The Golden Crescent is the name given to one of Asia's two principal areas of illicit opium production (with the other being the Golden Triangle), located at the crossroads of Central, South, and Western Asia.
  • This space overlaps three nations, Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan, whose mountainous peripheries define the crescent.
  • The Golden Crescent has a much longer history of opium production than does Southeast Asia's Golden Triangle. The Golden Triangle emerged as a modern-day opium-producing entity only in the 1980s, after the Golden Crescent did so in the 1950s.

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