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!

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

Humphrey

We were on a night operation with our partner force in a small Taliban village in Kandahar. We entered a compound and heard this loud bark. Assuming there would be a large dog inside, we found the room the bark was coming from with much caution. Only to find the sweetest puppy you've ever... Read more

Kia

This is the message we received from the caring American who started to look out for this lonely pup; I am currently an English Teacher in Afghanistan, teaching Afghan soldiers. A challenging job to say the least, but one, I feel I am making a difference, despite the location and... Read more

Ghost

We received a call from a concerned American at the US embassy; ‘We usually have lots of cats and dogs roaming around the Embassy and we become friendly with those that allow us to approach them, I noticed Ghost a few months back, she would come around and play with an adult yellow lab... Read more

Darakht

Darakht meaning ‘tree’ was found one morning by a member of our team arriving for work at the Nowzad clinic. Probably at only around a few months old, the poor mite had been tied to a tree outside our shelter. We can only assume that somebody had taken pity on the pup and deemed we... Read more

Asha

Asha was rescued by our shelter staff during the middle of winter. Huddled for warmth with her siblings she was just days old. Sadly, Asha was an extremely timid dog and always wary of people. Our staff worked hard to help her overcome her fears but we knew she needed the right family so she... Read more

Abby

Abby was originally sent to us for TNVR. But once she had arrived at the clinic it was clear that she had contracted Leishmaniosis, a terrible disease caused by the bite of the sand-fly. We treated her for the Leishmaniosis over many months an eventually she was well enough to be returned... Read more

Eva

Eva was one of our longest residents here at the Nowzad dog shelter; she was first rescued as a young dog 7 years previously. Loving people beyond doubt she had a serious problem with other dogs and we struggled to rehome her as an only dog. We never gave up home and Eva eventually travelled to... Read more

Atel

Atel was brought to Nowzad by a concerned local Afghan man after he found her on the street with a broken leg. With the best of intentions, he had tied rope around her injured leg in an attempt to splint it. After a thorough check-up, the Nowzad vet team realized that her leg could... Read more

Kazan

Kazan dog is a Dutch Shepherd who worked tirelessly in Iraq and Afghanistan for over 12 years preventing attacks. Thankfully, when he started to show signs of slowing down, the company he was owned by offered him up for retirement adoption. Kazan came to stay at the Nowzad clinic whilst... Read more

Danger

We were informed of a dog by an ex-pat working within one of the many international compounds in Kabul. Sadly, the dog had apparently bitten someone and the person was afraid of contracting rabies. We assumed the worse and expected and so took along all of our protective gear and... Read more

Asir

Asir found his own way to the Nowzad clinic one day! We don’t know how he knew but he was found at our front gate with a severely injured paw. Although the vet team worked hard to save his paw it became apparent that we had no choice but to amputate the damaged paw. A Nowzad... Read more

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