Terrorist Groups Intensify Targeting of Children for Jihad | The Investigative Project on Terrorism

Children have become a key target group for recruitment by terrorist groups who are increasingly turning to social media to showcase their successful efforts in indoctrinating them for jihad. In January, for example, Wilayat Khorasan (or „Khorasan Province“), the Islamic State (ISIS)’s branch in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region, released a propaganda video titled, „Cubs of the Caliphate Camp,“ that showed young boys undergoing training for jihad.