Strays, military dogs and animal victims of war had been under the care of the nonprofit charity, Nowzad, which Mr Farthing founded 10 years earlier while serving in Afghanistan. During the ...

Yesterday, the Afghan National Army withdrew from two bases in the district of Musa Qala in Helmand. Today, we learn that the Afghan Army also withdrew from the district of Now Zad. It appears that ...

Pen Farthing, founder of the Nowzad Dogs animal sanctuary in Kabul, was a British Royal Marine for 22 years and fought the Taliban in Afghanistan’s Helmand province in 2006. He set up Nowzad ...

Josie Stewart’s security clearance was revoked and she subsequently lost her job after it emerged she revealed failings in the withdrawal from Afghanistan ...

Following the Taliban gaining control of Afghanistan, the British government ... Johnson had prioritised staff from the animal charity Nowzad for evacuation over more deserving cases.