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!

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

Indy

In June 2012 we received an email from a US serviceman deployed in Qatar asking if we could advise on how to rescue a cat he had befriended on base. Although this would be our first rescue from Qatar and we had no logistical knowledge we said yes as after all it could not be any harder that... Read more

Coco, Shadow, Max, Shy Boy, Orange & Big Ears

Coco, Shadow, Minnie and Tigger were 4 gorgeous kittens that were being taken care of by an American contractor on a base in Kabul. The kittens spent their days entertaining the troops and contractors on the base but as is often the case, word came that the cats had to be removed or they... Read more

Spot

Spot was born and raised in Southern Afghanistan where US Marines had found him with his ears and tail cut off along with a few minor injuries that were easily treated. With lots of TLC Spot made a full recovery and grew into a lovely adult dog who protected his Marines. We were contacted... Read more

Ted

Ted came into Afghanistan as a working dog with a private contracting company. Shortly after he arrived Ted became very nervous and was soon unable to do his job. The company quickly took Ted onto base to see a US Army vet but sadly there was nothing that could be done to help him... Read more

Eidy, Patches and Spot

Eidy was rescued late in 2010. She was taken from the streets heavily pregnant and starving. She received the medical attention she needed at Nowzad and soon went on to have her puppies. One by one her puppies found homes until there was just Eidy and two of her pups left;... Read more

Karen

Karen was born and raised in Helmand province. She was taken care of by soldiers throughout their deployment to Helmand. Nowzad was called when it was time for the soldier who wanted to adopt Karen to leave Afghanistan. Karen arrived at the Nowzad shelter in April 2012. She was... Read more

Crackers

Crackers arrived at the Nowzad shelter in April 2012 following a desperate plea from the soldier that had been taking care of her in Afghanistan. Crackers had kept him company throughout his tour and now a clamp down on the base meant her life was in danger. Crackers settled quickly into... Read more

Gus

An interpreter who worked at Camp Bastion in Helmand Province rescued a female dog while in the Fharad area of Afghanistan. Unknowingly the dog was pregnant and gave birth to 3 pups. One of the pups was already adopted and brought back to the states during an earlier Nowzad rescue.... Read more

Buddy

Buddy was brought into the Nowzad shelter in July 2011. He was a pup of around 12 weeks old who had been taken care of by British soldiers but now he and his friend Pudgy were in danger of being euthanized following a change of policy on the base. Unfortunately the soldiers who had... Read more

Knuckles

Knuckles came to us in March 2012. He had a fantastic story to tell which we have published below in his own words! “I will skip some of the gory details, like why my ears look the way they do. I will also change the names to protect the brave heroes that took great risks to get... Read more

IL76

IL76 story is an unusual one to say the least. IL76 started her life in Dubai and at around 10 days old she stowed away on a flight from Dubai to Afghanistan! The crew that were unloading the cargo from the plane in Afghanistan got a real shock when they came across a tiny kitten of around... Read more

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