This is Afghanistan. The blue-robed women wear burqas, a kind of traditional veil (hejab) for women in the Islamic world.

I want you to pay attention to their fingertips.

You can see that the tip of the index finger shown here is painted black.

In Afghanistan, the law requires that voters' fingertips be stained with a hard-to-fall-off ink in exchange for ballots to prevent election fraud.

In other words, they are showing us their "testimony" that they have already voted.

Since the fall of the former Taliban regime, Afghanistan has made remarkable progress. The right to vote for women is probably one of them.

If they knew what was going on, the women in the photo might look somewhat proud.

Learn about the current situation in Afghanistan → "Afghanistan: The Resurgence and Current Status of the Taliban"

(Photo: USAID Afghanistan)