OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Afghan teenager who pleaded guilty to taking part in an Oklahoma plot to carry out an Election Day attack has been sentenced to the maximum penalty of 15 years in prison, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.
Abdullah Haji Zada, 19, a citizen of Afghanistan and lawful permanent resident who was living in Moore, Okla., was sentenced for knowingly receiving and conspiring to receive a firearm and ammunition to be used in a terrorist attack.
Zada, who pleaded guilty in April, previously agreed to be removed from the United States and barred from reentry after he’s released from prison, court records show.
Zada’s co-defendant, Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27, who previously worked as a security guard for an American military installation in Afghanistan, pleaded guilty in Ju

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