A Guardian Angel for Afghanistan's Pets

Courtesy of Pamela Constable

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By Caroline Preston

Pamela Constable often stopped to rescue stray cats and dogs during her years working as a foreign correspondent in places such as India and Chile. But after arriving in Afghanistan seven years ago, she learned there was no shelter or veterinary clinic where she could take homeless, ill animals.

So Ms. Constable created her own. The Afghan Stray Animal League has found homes for about 400 cats and dogs since she started the group in 2004. It has provided medical care to nearly