一家巴基斯坦法庭判定5名美国人的恐怖主义行为罪名成立，判处每人10年徒刑。
巴基斯坦官员星期四在东部城市萨果达宣布了法庭的这一判决。据相关官员称，反恐法庭裁定，这五名美国人从事恐怖活动，并为被禁的机构筹集资金的阴谋罪名成立。这五人都是20多岁的美国穆斯林。
巴基斯坦指控这五名来自美国首都华盛顿地区的嫌疑人阴谋袭击巴基斯坦，并试图加入在阿富汗作战的伊斯兰激进分子组织。
这些美国人宣称，他们是无罪的，他们只是想去阿富汗从事人道救援工作。他们还称，在监狱里遭到美国和巴基斯坦当局的酷刑。美国和巴基斯坦均否认这一指控。
检察官已要求对几名美国人判处终身监禁，并表示，他们已提出上诉，要求判他们更长的刑期。 被告的辩护律师也说要上诉。
A Pakistani court has sentenced five Americans to 10 years each in prison after finding them guilty of terror offenses.
Pakistani officials announced the verdict Thursday in the eastern city of Sargodha. They said the anti-terrorism court convicted the Americans, all Muslims in their early 20s, on criminal conspiracy to commit terrorism and raising funds for banned organizations.
Pakistan accused the Americans, all from the Washington area, of plotting attacks in the country, and of seeking to join Islamist militants fighting in Afghanistan.
The Americans claim they are innocent, and that they were looking to do humanitarian work in Afghanistan. The men also say they were tortured by U.S. and Pakistani authorities while in jail, an allegation denied by officials in both countries.
Prosecutors had been asking for life in prison, and say they will appeal for a longer sentence. Defense attorneys also say they will appeal the verdict.