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!

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

Beethoven

On only the second day in country while walking to work an American soldier noticed a rather large dog following slowly behind. Not sure what to make of the dog and fearing the worst she was reassured by a co-worker “Oh, its ok, that’s Beethoven, he always walks us to... Read more

Super Seven

The Super 7 had spent almost their entire lives at the Nowzad shelter after being rescued as pups by a Canadian teacher in 2010. Emma the mom had given birth to a large litter and clearly needed a safe place to stay. Our Afghan team ensured the litter of pups and mom were neutered... Read more

Charlotte AKA Charlie

The story of Charlotte/Charlie in the words of the soldier who adopted her; “Charlotte AKA Charlie was found as a kitten during a mission on route ‘Charlotte’. He was alone at the time and not wanting him to get run over by the convoy we picked him up. He was probably... Read more

SSgt Garfield

Ssgt Garfield is one lucky cat from Southern Afghanistan who had spent his life being cared for by American and Canadian Soldiers. His story from his adopted soldier below; “Ssgt Garfield has lived on the Regional Command South compound in Kandahar, Afghanistan for at least 2... Read more

Wonder & Serac

Back in 2016 driving through the streets of downtown Kabul in a bitterly cold January morning, Pen & Hannah along with Dr Mujtaba were alerted to a dog believed to be stuck in a drainage ditch. The weather forecast was for heavy rain later in the day so no time was wasted in locating the... Read more

Eggy

In March 2015 the Nowzad charity was approached by a former military dog handler about a dog called Eggy that he had worked with whilst serving in Afghanistan. The handler had long since left Afghanistan but he had never forgotten Eggy and had made it his life’s mission to find her... Read more

Sharifa

‘Sharifa’ as she was named, was found by local Afghans at the popular ‘Sakhi Shrine’ in Mazar-e-Sharif in a very bad way. More or less about to give up and die. But thankfully Nowzad is gaining a very good reputation in Afghanistan and a message was passed to us... Read more

Ash aka DareDevil

Along with all the cats we are helping to rehome that are former residents at the US and UK embassies and for cats now adopted by soldiers serving at the coalition headquarters in Kabul we have also supported the adoption of some of our feline friends that found their way to Nowzad but never... Read more

Carolina

Even with the coalition forces draw down we are still being inundated with requests from soldiers and contractors desperate to find out if they can transport their four legged buddy home with them. And thanks to your amazing support we are making that difference and being able to... Read more

Spirit

Spirit was rescued from a degassing station in Iraq in a place called Rumaila by a soldier. She was a tiny little puppy all on her own and her eyes were found sealed with mud and sleep. How she was surviving we do not know. The soldier cared for this tiny pup, made her better... Read more

The pup of  Macrorayan

Back in October 2016 the Nowzad team received an email from a very concerned Afghan man named Mohammad. It read as follows: "My name is Mohammad and I am living in Macrorayan, Kabul, Afghanistan.  It is almost more than 20 days that I am seeing a very... Read more

Maggie Saved the Lonely Soldiers

My name is PFC Maggie the Cat. Age 6 months Log entry 19 Sept 2016 In July 2016 I was stationed on an Army Base in Kandahar, Afghanistan where my mission was to find lost and lonely soldiers who missed their families and cheer them up. My commander explained to me that my job might... Read more

Echo the BACON cat

The story of Echo/Bacon, as told by her soldier: Hello, my name is Echo. I’m The Bacon Cat! I was born in a far-away land called Afghanistan, but it was really dusty there and I didn’t like it much. I decided I needed more friends because I was hungry and friends always give you... Read more

Stella

From her rescuer; Stella is a great cat. She was hanging out in her favorite sun spot when we first met. I noticed she had little spot of fur missing on her hind leg and what looked like a small cut. It was nothing serious but I could instantly tell she was a scrapper. A lot of the cats in... Read more

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