A surprisingly healthy population of rare snow leopards has been caught on camera in the wilds of Afghanistan. Researchers spotted 30 snow leopards in 16 different locations by placing camera ...

In a country ravaged by war, where dogfighting is a popular pastime in many places, it's safe to say that animal welfare is quite far down Afghanistan's list of priorities.

Animal rescue charities in Afghanistan are racing to secure the safety of dozens of staff members and hundreds of animals after the Taliban takeover of Kabul.

When the Taliban took over Afghanistan, East Tennessee native Charlotte Maxwell-Jones regrouped to find dogs a home through Kabul Small Animal Rescue.

An American woman went viral last summer when she desperately tried to get shelter animals out of Afghanistan as U.S. troops were evacuating. She wasn't successful before the Taliban took over the ...

Pen Farthing, who runs the British charity Nowzad, an animal shelter, stands in front of a cage on the outskirts of Kabul on May 1, 2012. Farthing's push to get his animals rescued from ...

As U.S. troops were drawing down in Afghanistan, Maxwell-Jones knew that keeping these animals safe meant getting them out of the country, but her attempts to get them out last summer failed.

More than 300 dogs and cats left behind in Afghanistan during the chaotic US withdrawal were safely evacuated this week — and now some of the resilient pets are up for adoption, according to a ...

Animals As animals flew out of Afghanistan, an East TN woman stayed behind and cared for more Charlotte Maxwell-Jones said she refused to leave Afghanistan without the dogs she was caring for.

Their facilities include a dog shelter, animal clinic, and Afghanistan’s first donkey sanctuary. However, not all the animals can be included on the flight out of Kabul.

Animal rescue charities are working feverishly to evacuate Afghan staff and animals before U.S.-led forces leave Afghanistan.