Hours after the Taliban abandoned the Afghan capital on Nov. 13, Aga and his buddies were back again -- dueling their colorful fighter kites above Babrak's Desert Field in northwestern Kabul.

The fighter kites, which have strings coated with a mixture of glue and powdered glass, are used to cut down other competitors’ kites. Breaking News Reporter Six people, including three children ...

For example, a box kite, which Gary made himself. A fighter kite in the shape of underwear, a rokkaku kite (a six-sided kite), and a stunt kite. The stunt kites are what Gary and the Wind Jammers ...

For kite fighters it was the equivalent of graduating from bow and arrow to gunpowder. But increasingly there is a risk that the fighting kites are becoming too effective. For a while, those made ...

which is not true of any other kite. They are called fighter kites & will fly up to 2000 feet. It is a sport in India to try to cut each other's string. Tells about going with Mr. B. for kite ...

Three children, including a two-year-old baby, were among those killed after the glass-encrusted razor-sharp strings—used by “kite fighters” participating in the Uttarayan festival—got ...

The Ocean Beach Kite Festival took flight for the 78th time May 17 at Robb Field, drawing an enthusiastic crowd of fliers ...

Not surprisingly, the kite migrated to different parts of the world and one ancient design — the fighter kite, a small flat diamond-shaped one made of paper with a tapered bamboo spine and a ...

One alternative that some countries have implemented successfully is strictly limiting where kites - especially fighter kites - can be flown to ensure that errant strings cannot go anywhere near ...