Former Rescues

All of our Nowzad former street dogs or cats will need a home where love and patience walk hand in hand.

It can be a long road of trial and error and careful supervision is always necessary. Overcoming the Afghan animal’s very territorial nature can have its moments.

We have fully come to appreciate that adopting an Afghan animal is not for everybody as it requires a life time of commitment but could you be the loving home our companion animals are looking for?

All our animals for adoption are vaccinated, neutered, tick flea & wormed & microchipped.

The team at Nowzad feel it is very important to ensure that you and your family / home situation is right for the dog or cat you are considering adopting. Please be as honest with us as you can when you complete the questionnaire. Some of our older dogs or cats that need ‘forever’ homes may not readily accept other dogs that are already living in your home but our younger dogs will settle with the correct introduction and supervision.

These are just a selection of the amazing rescues that the Nowzad team with your generous support, have been able to achieve since the charity was formed in 2007. Please click on a rescue to read more.

Be the difference and the life for a dog or cat starting today!

Soji & Karma

Soji was found in a pile of rubbish by her soldier in February 2011. She was thin and not in the best of health until a US soldier took pity on her. With left over MREs (the military ration packs) plentiful Soji was soon putting on weight but the soldier knew he had to have her... Read more

Dude

Dude was around 4 weeks old when some local children brought him to the base. His soldier immediately fell in love with Dude or his full name as he was sometimes known; El Duderino. The young pup was a huge boost to the unit’s morale and he spent his life eating MRE’s and... Read more

Rosie

Rosie was found after she was abandoned in a compound dumpster in Herat in an astounding act of cruelty. She was taken into the base where she quickly learned basic commands. Her days there were numbered as she was forbidden to stay on the base so her owner frantically contacted Nowzad... Read more

Rommel and Blitz

Rommel and Blitz were rescued by American soldiers after their mother and siblings had been sadly killed. Both tiny puppies were just a few weeks old and they desperately needed all the help they could get to survive, so the dedicated soldiers rallied to save them. Against the odds,... Read more

Bear

Bear was found in Western Afghanistan freezing cold and struggling to survive, by an American contractor in December 2013. He was incredibly tiny and would not have survived the harsh winter if he hadn’t been rescued. Bear’s new owner immediately knew that he wanted to... Read more

Pressel

In September 2014 we received an email from a Royal Marine serving in Albania. He and his colleagues had been taking care of a young puppy whom they had called Pressel, they were to be leaving for good shortly after and could not bear to leave him behind. This was the first time we... Read more

Gambit

Gambit came to the Nowzad shelter in summer 2013 with his mother and siblings. They had been found on a British camp in Kabul and their mother was struggling to take care of such a large litter on her own, the whole group were suffering. Gambit’s fate was sealed when towards... Read more

Kohi

Kohi was brought into the Nowzad shelter with his brothers and sister in July 2014 for their vaccinations. They had been plucked from the streets by an Afghan family who had seen their mother was not around. Sadly after a few months the family were struggling to find enough money... Read more

Cash

Cash found his way into the heart of a contractor in Iraq when he was just 3 months old in September 2014. He was known as the small dark spotted orphan of the camp, his mother was nowhere to be found as she had either abandoned him or had died, no one was really sure. One day, Cash... Read more

Aki

Aki was found on the streets of Kabul by Nowzad Veterinarian Dr Mariam. She had spotted him one evening on her way home, he was all alone and she was worried about what would happen to him so she scooped him up into her arms and took him home for the night. The next day Dr Mariam... Read more

Monster

Monster arrived with us in September 2014 after spending his life on base in Herat. Eventually, a kind person on the base decided that they wanted to give him a loving home in America. Plans were made and a friend of Nowzad kindly volunteered to fly to Herat and collect Monster and bring... Read more

Basra SIX

side conversation amongst the security team, the decision was made that a visual inspection of the cage would suffice. Onwards to customs, where we were stopped and asked for the value of the pups, as we should be paying import duty. The explanation that the pups were being rescued by a charity... Read more

Candy & Carms

Candy and Carms were born on a small base in Western Afghanistan. They and the rest of their siblings were taken care of by American soldiers and soon their siblings had been adopted by local Afghans but Candy and Carms remained. One of the soldiers took it upon himself to adopt... Read more

Whitey

In August 2014 we got a frantic call from a contractor working at ISAF in Kabul about a young dog that had been hit by a car and had broken her back legs. He brought her into the Nowzad clinic and begged us to help her. The poor puppy was only about 6 months old, she had been born... Read more

Betty White

Betty White was rescued by US Marines in Kabul in September 2014 after they had witnessed the tiny pup suffering from abuse. The kindly took her back to their base where they gave her a bath, some food and a lot of much needed TLC. The Marines soon brought her to the Nowzad shelter... Read more

Qashang

Qashang was brought into the Nowzad clinic as a tiny kitten of no more than 3 or 4 weeks old, she had been found in the street all alone by an Afghan man who had been walking by. She was in good health but depended on us to feed her as she was so young. Understandably, the kind... Read more

Stanley from Kuwait

In March 2015 we received an email from a friend of Nowzad in Kuwait. An American soldier had contacted her about a cat he had befriended on base and he was desperate to bring the cat home with him to the USA. Stanley was one of a litter of seven kittens who were born on the base and... Read more

Puff & Tigris

Puff and Tigris were born on a base on Kuwait as strays. Their mother had safely hidden her kittens under an office building on the base, but it wasn’t long before the kittens started to wander around and befriend the soldiers. Puff and Tigris managed to win the affections of a... Read more

Pash

Pash was saved by a British Firefighter who was working on a base in Kabul training Afghan Firefighters. He and his siblings had been born on the base and one by one his siblings sadly disappeared, but Pash remained. One day he showed up with what appeared to be a dislocated... Read more

Hope

In 2013 we had been asked by an American soldier serving in Afghanistan to rescue his dog Yakkul. It was very obvious that this kind hearted soldier adored animals so we were not at all surprised in early 2015 to receive and email from him. He explained that he was now serving in Iraq... Read more

Sheba & Family

Sheba was born and raised on a base in Western Afghanistan. Lack of facilities in the area meant that Sheba could not be spayed and she soon became pregnant and eventually gave birth to 7 healthy pups. The soldiers gave up their rations to ensure that Sheba got extra food to help... Read more

Yakkul

Yakkul was rescued in Ghazni by American soldiers. Whilst out on patrol they had come across a pack of dogs who all had injuries and were malnourished. They did what they could to treat the dogs’ wounds and fed them and as they were leaving they noticed a 4 week old puppy in... Read more

Lunch

Lunch was a street dog who happily waited outside a US military base in Central Afghanistan for a particular group of soldiers who came into the area a couple of times a week and gave him lots of love and treats. Pen was in Kabul when we received the request to rescue Lunch, it was not... Read more

Trevor & C-For

Trevor and C-For started their lives in Helmand province on a British base. They were taken care of by soldiers and contractors alike and grew accustomed to the good life. Both cats were vaccinated and spayed and were allowed to stay on base to help keep rodents out of the... Read more

Hannah

Hannah was found sitting at the gate near to the Nowzad shelter in Dec 2012. She was on a leash and just sitting there waiting patiently for someone to come along and see her! Fortunately pen & Hannah spotted her and the well natured young pup was taken in and quickly became... Read more

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