… in Pakistan.
Actually many Asian countries from Pakistan to Indonesia practice hard- core kite competition, with such substances as ground glass on the strings to cut your rival’s kite off. Libby was once warned away from picking up a fallen kite in Nepal for that reason.
But two things to note here. First, the government warns that if you kill someone with a kite it might be considered terrorism. Fair enough I guess– but how do you kill someone with a kite?!
Second, the Islamists want it stopped because it is un- Islamic, because it is violent.
I’m betting they want to ban it because it is fun– it was banned inTaliban times in Afghanistan, as was flying pigeons– see “Talibanning Pigeons, left.