Pakistan jails US terrorists

FIVE Americans have been sentenced to at least 10 years each in prison after being found guilty of terror charges by a Pakistani court.

The five young Muslims from the Washington DC area were arrested in Pakistan in December after their families reported them missing.

Prosecutor Rana Bakhtiar, who announced the sentences in the Punjab town of Sargodha, said the men have the right to appeal.

The case is one of several involving alleged “home-grown” American militants linked to Pakistan, but the only one being tried in a Pakistani court.

Prosecutors said email records and witness statements proved they were plotting terror attacks in Pakistan and conspired to wage war against nations allied with it.