Pakistani given 12 years jail for militant group support

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A Pakistani man living in the United States was sentenced Friday to 12 years in prison and five years of supervised release for providing material support for the militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), US official said. Jubair Ahmad, 24, who lived in Woodbridge, Virginia, received the sentence after being found guilty of promoting and urging recruitment for the Pakistani group, designated by Washington as foreign terrorist organization, the Justice Department said.