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!

Meet three of our current soldier rescues!

Nowzad is extremely busy supporting soldier rescues; here are three of the current rescues; Raisin Raisin's Soldier Saviour says; 'I found Raisin about a few days after Thanksgiving, here in Bagram. She was in a drainage pipe under one of the towers I... Read more

A story of courage, determination and hope!

We recently received a call about a young dog that had been hit by a vehicle and had been left to die by the side of a road with two broken legs. The resilient little dog somehow endured her injuries and she learnt to walk and survive without the use of her two dead back... Read more

Ranger CAT

Ranger's Soldier Saviour says: This little Ranger cat was going from dumpster to dumpster trying to get some food in the freezing winter in Gardez, Afghanistan. She would spend her nights near the diesel generators on the base to stay as warm as possible. It took her a long time... Read more

Khushbakht / Iris cat also known as Princess Grumbleweed

Saved from the streets of Kabul after a horrific road traffic accident, Khushbakht meaning ‘Lucky’ only just survived. We had no choice but to completely remove both of her back legs. Not that Khushbakht let that stand her way – a one-woman war as she has been described... Read more

The Farah Pups rescue!

The Farah Pups rescue! These puppies were rescued along with their mum Riri by some determined soldiers in a land too harsh for them to survive. The fate of this family had they not met their soldier saviours would have been uncertain to say the least. However, thanks to an extraordinary... Read more

Madhuri

During our first lockdown we received a call from the US embassy here in Kabul, they had found a dog wandering the grounds with a severe trauma wound to one of her eyes. Our team was dispatched and a rather ragged looking dog arrived at the Nowzad clinic. Sadly, the injury to the eye was too... Read more

Dasher

Suffering and in pain; Dasher was discovered by a local Afghan (around Christmas time) with a severe injury to the left side of his head. Thankfully it looked so much worse than it was and our team wasted no time in setting him on the road to recovery. The boy liked to jump and as it was the... Read more

RAE

Rae was one of the unadoptables from the Ark. Rather than face her life in kennels Jen the adoptions manager with the Ark animals took her on & worked with her tirelessly to try to help her cope with life outside of a kennel environment. She now lives happily with Ark dog Dakota, Jen &... Read more

LAYLA

The sweetest natured girl Layla is loving life in her new home. Super friendly with all dogs she meets this lovable pup melts hearts wherever she goes. Life now is busy with long countryside walks and daily meets with her new Mums horses. She is such a playful little dog and loves her toys,... Read more

ISLA

Adorable Isla is really enjoying life with her new family. She is growing in confidence slowly and has been an angel since day one. She loves her runs off lead in safe environments with other dogs, and has shown how intelligent she is when learning new skills. Her new family say ‘We are... Read more

RUBBLE

Rubble is home with his new family and loving life. This little fella with a big personality is really living the dream and we are thrilled for him. He’s loving his new older ‘brother’ and becoming more inseparable with each passing day. Thank you to his wonderful family for... Read more

MYA

Gentle Mya from Afghanistan certainly struck gold with her family. Happily settled and now living the dream this adorable girl spends her days and weekends exploring the beach or forests on exciting walks and loving many adventures with her new family. She loves playing with her toys, a trip out... Read more

ANNIE

Our beautiful serene Annie from Ukraine is just loving life with her new family. This gentle girl has really struck gold and is quickly learning some tricks from her Afghan sister. Both girls are having fun with their fabulous playing and bed swaps! Trips to the beach, strolls along the shore... Read more

DINA

Gentle kind Dina is truly living the dream with her special family. Her Mum waited patiently for her and was so happy to finally meet her. From the moment they met it was love on both sides. No more lonely days for this beautiful soul, she is loved beyond measure and embracing her new life.... Read more

MOLLY

Sweet little Molly is settling into her new home with our gentle Afghan boy Patch. From the moment they met Patch took her under his wing and Molly is really loving being part of this very special family. She is playing and following her new brother around and things really don’t get... Read more

GEORGIE

Lovely Georgie from Afghanistan is happily settling in with her family and enjoying her first Summer home in the peaceful British countryside. Making friends wherever she goes, life just doesn’t get better than this for this sweet gentle girl. Georgie has really come up trumps and we... Read more

JOEY

Our gorgeous boy Joey is really settling well with his family. This intelligent little fella is embracing this new chapter and truly living his best life. He really has struck gold and we love seeing this amazing dog blossom. His fabulous family says….. He’s such a lovely dog,... Read more

BERTIE

Bertie finally found his forever home. After a tough start for a couple of years living life on a chain he was rescued by Nowzad and although it took a while to rehabilitate him he finally was ready for adoption. Slowly transitioning to his new life he continues to warm the hearts of his new... Read more

KAF

“KAF” was found by a contractor working for the US military on the airfield in Kandahar down in southern Afghanistan. As you can see from the photo the contractor could not ignore those innocent little eyes and after some fairly complicated logisitics we were able to transport... Read more

Char Badmashis

The famous “Badmashis” as they were known to the Nowzad clinic team means the "four hooligans" in Dari; as that is what they were! Four siblings that caused untold mischief whilst in the shelter. Found by four UK soldiers who were determined to rescue them, we managed... Read more

Arhem

Arnhem was found on the 17th September 2008 (the 64th anniversary of the battle of Arnhem, hence the name) by lads from the UK Pathfinders. She was seen at the side of the road by a member of the passing patrol, looking miserable and very poorly. The lads stopped, scooped her up and... Read more

FUBAR

FUBAR was found alone and freezing by Dutch Marines on patrol, and they knew there was no way they could just leave that poor pup there. Keeping her warm in the foot-well of the armoured vehicle FUBAR was taken back to their base where they looked after her as best she could. FUBAR... Read more

Nowzad, Tali and Jenna

The dog rescue that started it all! Pen takes up the story….”When we first arrived in the town of ‘Now Zad’ in Helmand Province in 2006 I broke up a dog fight that was taking place right outside our remote compound. What I didn’t know was that one of those... Read more

Daft

Daft was born and then raised in Western Afghanistan by the soldier that had found him. Without a doubt this pup had landed on his feet with lots of enjoyable left over military rations and kept in the warm accommodation overnight. The soldier was in no rush to be separated from Daft and... Read more

Gimpy & Bear

However one of the soldiers who has just arrived had become very attached to Gimpy so he made it his mission to keep her hidden whilst nearly all of the other dogs were sadly put to sleep. Gimpy though had become pregnant and soon gave birth. The soldier did his best to look after Gimpy... Read more

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