The children are "instructed" in suicide bomb vests and indoctrinated, according to a senior ISAF official.
Depending on "how impressionable they are based on their age, they are told they will survive the attack" and "they are told they will be fine," the official explained.
MORE: http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2012/02/14/ten-year-old-suicide-bombers-arrested/?hpt=hp_t3
