Aid groups say they have been “pushed against a wall” by the Taliban prohibiting Afghan women from working for non-governmental organisations, a ban that has left a dangerous gap in life-saving support. Afghanistan’s NGOs have been instrumental in trying to address one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, with half the country’s population hungry and three million children at risk of malnutrition. “It is impossible for us to continue our activities in the country if we don’t have women as part of our organisations at all levels,” Samira Sayed-Rahman, a senior official at International Res…