**Five US nationals suspected of plotting attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan are due to appear in a Pakistani court.**Police have said they would seek life sentences on terror charges against the five young Muslim men, who are from the Washington DC area.
The men were arrested during a raid on a house in the eastern Pakistan city of Sargodha in early December.
US officials said they were wanted by the FBI and had gone missing in the US state of Virginia in November.
Their families reported them missing after finding a farewell video message, showing scenes of war and calling for Muslims to be defended.
The men hold US passports. Two of them are Pakistani-Americans, while the remaining three are of Eritrean, Ethiopian and Egyptian origin, officials said.
Police said laptops, mobile phones and maps of Pakistani cities were recovered from the property during the operation.
They said the men had been in direct contact with various militant groups in Pakistan since August.