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VICTIMS OF WAR

Sue Corfield
Onyx and Lucy (pictured here) are the pups of a stray called Sarah, who adopted US troops and kept watch for them in camp.
The shelter in Kabul.

Despite British troops having departed Afghanistan, the soldiers that fought there continue to help fund animal rescues, but now instead of facing regular bombings the Nowzad charity is confronted by a different threat — COVID-19.

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