(Morocco World News) French authorities have stripped a defendant of Moroccan origin convicted for conspiring to join terrorists in Afghanistan, of his French nationality.
AFP reported that the dual national was sentenced in 2014 to five years in prison for planning to join jihadists in Afghanistan.
The defendant was arrested in Pakistan in 2012 along with two other French nationals.
It is possible for French authorities to deprive people of citizenship if the individuals have acquired French citizenship for specific reasons including treason and terrorism.
AFP said that deprivation of French citizenship could occur if the alleged acts occurred “within 15 years after the acquisition of the citizenship.”
