Certainly it’s not something to encourage [terrorism]... but, I’d have to say we Americans would need to abolish social security before we could really condemn this. (Remember, the family-members are not the ones who did the deed; American law is clearly based on provable actions to determine culpibility, not on ‘intent’ or ‘capability.’)
I don’t think this is the equivalent of social security, here.
Jihadis have been known to pay families monetary compensation to coerce them to “donate” their wards for terrorist purposes.
It’s acceptable to them, because their religion justifies it, per say.
The seriousness here, is that the Pakistani military establishment is doing it. Not surprising to those aware of Pakistan, however.