Two Houston Muslims are accused of training to fight with the Taliban against US and coalition forces: Two Houston men charged with aiding Taliban. (Hat tip: Laurence Simon.)

Federal officials have accused two Houston men of training to fight with the Taliban and supporting a terrorist group.

The pair facing federal charges are Kobie Diallo Williams, 33, a U.S. citizen and Houstonian also known as Abdul Kabeer and Abdul Kabir; and Adnan Babar Mirza, 29, a citizen of Pakistan who overstayed his student visa, federal prosecutors said today.

Williams and Mirza are charged with conspiring to train with firearms to become Taliban fighters against coalition forces in the Middle East and providing about $350 to support the terrorist organization.

Mirza also faces three federal firearms charges. He became illegal when his visa expired, the release says. Someone holding a student visa or in the country illegally is not allowed to have firearms.

The indictments, which were unsealed today after both men appeared before a U.S. magistrate judge in Houston, allege that over the last year both men participated in firearms and reconnaissance training in Harris County and surrounding areas.

According to the indictment, the two decided last year to travel to the Middle East to engage in “battlefield jihad.”

As opposed to the much more common “striving for self-improvement” jihad, or the “trying to quit smoking without gaining weight” jihad.