LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Four men have been charged with plotting to join the Taliban and Al-Qaeda to conduct “violent jihad” aimed at killing Americans abroad, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said late Monday. Three of the four had undertaken preliminary training at firearms and paintball centers in southern California, as preparation for further training in Afghanistan, said an FBI statement. The alleged plot aimed “to provide material support to terrorists by making arrangements to join Al-Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan in order to kill, among others, American targets,” it added. Ralph Deleon, 23, 21-year-old Miguel Alejandro Santana Vidriales, and Arifeen David Gojali, also 21, were arrested on Friday and appeared in court Monday outside LA.