[Can someone tell me why were there?]
Just Bidness?
" Obamas First Order: Dont Hurt the Heroin "
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2287687/posts
"Afghanistan still world's top opium supplier, despite 10 years of US-led war
Despite increased eradication efforts in Afghanistan, opium cultivation rose by 7 percent in 2011 as compared to last year, according to a new United Nations report. Production is up 61 percent."
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-South-Central/2011/1011/Afghanistan-still-world-s-top-opium-supplier-despite-10-years-of-US-led-war
I think you nailed it. This incident has all the earmarks of a drug deal gone wrong.Remember this is almost a everyday occurrence along the border in Mexico men women children killed almost everyday. If anyone thinks that Heroin traffic out of Afghanistan is shrinking you better think again.