Absorbent articles and methods of making

An absorbent article (10, 20, 300, 500, 600) comprising an absorbent core (101, 501, 601) sandwiched between a liquid permeable topsheet (520, 620) and a liquid impermeable backsheet (521, 621), and an acquisition distribution layer (522, 622) positioned between said topsheet (520, 620) and said absorbent core (101, 501, 601), wherein the absorbent core (101, 501, 601) comprises absorbent material selected from the group consisting of cellulose fibers, superabsorbent polymers and combinations thereof, said absorbent core (101, 501, 601) comprising at least one interconnected channel (106) free of said absorbent material, wherein said channel (106) has a length extending along a longitudinal axis (48) and the absorbent core (101, 501, 601) has a length extending along said longitudinal axis (48) and wherein the length of said channel (106) is from 10% to 95% of the length of said absorbent core (101, 501, 601) characterized in that the acquisition distribution layer (522, 622) comprises a spunbond and/or carded nonwoven layer comprising synthetic fibers, wherein said synthetic fibers are comprised at a level of greater than 80% wt by weight of said acquisition distribution layer (522, 622), and wherein said acquisition distribution layer (522, 622) has a basis weight of from 10 to 50 g/m2.