youth · 2019
Seeing Radicalization Through the Eyes of Children
During a Kabul visit, Shah describes meeting more than fifty-five young detainees at a rehabilitation center, including children and teenagers associated with Taliban and Islamic State cases. The experience sharpened Rise to Peace’s focus on indoctrination, recruitment, identity, grievance and the need to intervene before violence becomes purpose.
The story
What happened—and what it changed.
Research gave the organization a durable public record. Reports, articles, interviews and source-linked data allowed lessons from one place to travel without pretending that every place is the same.
