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The pumpkin-colored Harvest moon rises over the beach as people play volleyball on the shore of Lake Michigan in Chicago, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
The supermoon rises above Panama City, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
The moon rises through clouds over the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Camden, Maine, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
The full Harvest supermoon is seen over Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
The full moon rises in the over a beer sign in the outfield at Kauffman Stadium during a baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Detroit Tigers, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
The city landmark, a weather vane in the form of an angel atop a spire of the Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral, is silhouetted by the rising full moon late Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024, in St. Petersburg, Russia. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
A fan is silhouetted against the partially-eclipsed supermoon during a baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Detroit Tigers, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
A partial eclipse darkens a rising supermoon Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
A supermoon rises behind a horse statue atop of Triumphal Arc during a partial lunar eclipse in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
A supermoon rises over a pagoda during the Mid Autumn Festival in Nanjing, in east China's Jiangsu province, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (Chinatopix Via AP)
The supermoon rises behind a house in Mas'ade, a village in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
A supermoon rises in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
The full Harvest moon rises behind the church in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
A Supermoon rises over the control tower of Larnaca international airport in the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus, on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
The moon rises above a Sydney apartment tower in Sydney, Australia, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
The full Harvest moon rises in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
The Supermoon rises beyond the Martyr's statue, in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
The Supermoon rises behind a giant idol of elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha, in the Arabian Sea, marking the end of the 10-day long Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
The full Harvest moon rises over 'The Couple' sculpture at Newbiggin-by-the-Sea in Northumberland, Tuesday Sept. 17, 2024. (Owen Humphreys/PA via AP)
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a full moon rises as visitors tour a scenic area during the Mid-Autumn Festival in Huzhou City in east China's Zhejiang Province, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (Yi Fan/Xinhua via AP)
People spot the full Harvest moon at the Teufelsberg, Devils Hill, in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
An airplane flies past the moon as it rises in the sky in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
A supermoon rises behind clouds over Larnaca international airport in the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus, on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
The full moon is shrouded in cloud above a Hong Kong skyscraper on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, which is a big traditional holiday around Asia, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo)
The full Harvest moon rises over 'The Couple' sculpture at Newbiggin-by-the-Sea in Northumberland, Tuesday Sept. 17, 2024. (Owen Humphreys/PA via AP)
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, cormorants are silhouetted against the full moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival in Qiqihar, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (Wang Yonggang/Xinhua via AP)
A weather vain on a church is silhouetted in front of the rising moon in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
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The pumpkin-colored Harvest moon rises over the beach as people play volleyball on the shore of Lake Michigan in Chicago, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
The supermoon rises above Panama City, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
The moon rises through clouds over the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Camden, Maine, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
The full Harvest supermoon is seen over Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
The full moon rises in the over a beer sign in the outfield at Kauffman Stadium during a baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Detroit Tigers, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
The city landmark, a weather vane in the form of an angel atop a spire of the Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral, is silhouetted by the rising full moon late Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024, in St. Petersburg, Russia. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
A fan is silhouetted against the partially-eclipsed supermoon during a baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Detroit Tigers, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
A partial eclipse darkens a rising supermoon Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
A supermoon rises behind a horse statue atop of Triumphal Arc during a partial lunar eclipse in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
A supermoon rises over a pagoda during the Mid Autumn Festival in Nanjing, in east China's Jiangsu province, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (Chinatopix Via AP)
The supermoon rises behind a house in Mas'ade, a village in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
A supermoon rises in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
The full Harvest moon rises behind the church in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
A Supermoon rises over the control tower of Larnaca international airport in the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus, on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
The moon rises above a Sydney apartment tower in Sydney, Australia, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
The full Harvest moon rises in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
The Supermoon rises beyond the Martyr's statue, in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
The Supermoon rises behind a giant idol of elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha, in the Arabian Sea, marking the end of the 10-day long Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
The full Harvest moon rises over 'The Couple' sculpture at Newbiggin-by-the-Sea in Northumberland, Tuesday Sept. 17, 2024. (Owen Humphreys/PA via AP)
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a full moon rises as visitors tour a scenic area during the Mid-Autumn Festival in Huzhou City in east China's Zhejiang Province, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (Yi Fan/Xinhua via AP)
People spot the full Harvest moon at the Teufelsberg, Devils Hill, in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
An airplane flies past the moon as it rises in the sky in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
A supermoon rises behind clouds over Larnaca international airport in the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus, on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
The full moon is shrouded in cloud above a Hong Kong skyscraper on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, which is a big traditional holiday around Asia, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo)
The full Harvest moon rises over 'The Couple' sculpture at Newbiggin-by-the-Sea in Northumberland, Tuesday Sept. 17, 2024. (Owen Humphreys/PA via AP)
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, cormorants are silhouetted against the full moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival in Qiqihar, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (Wang Yonggang/Xinhua via AP)
A weather vain on a church is silhouetted in front of the rising moon in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Shaken by multiple militant attacks, Pakistani authorities have locked down the capital in a major security move as senior officials from several nations arrive for an Asian security group meeting.
A three-day holiday started Monday in normally bustling Islamabad and the nearby garrison city of Rawalpindi, and Pakistan has deployed troops and blocked key roads, making it difficult even for ambulances to pass through. Some doctors asked police to remove barricades so that they could go to hospitals, but were instead asked to take longer routes.
The main event of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization will be held Wednesday, when leaders and officials discuss how to boost their security cooperation and economic ties. The group was founded in 2001 by China and Russia to counter Western alliances. Other members include Iran, India, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
Militants in recent weeks have killed dozens of people in multiple attacks in restive northwestern and southwestern Pakistan bordering Afghanistan. Security experts say militants have limited capacity to strike in Islamabad.
Pakistan often blames the outlawed Pakistani Taliban, who have sanctuaries in neighboring Afghanistan, for the violence. Afghanistan’s Taliban government says it does not allow anyone to use its soil for attacks against any country.
Two Chinese engineers were killed on Oct. 6 in a suicide bombing outside the airport in Karachi, the capital of southern Sindh province. The attack was claimed by a separatist group.
In the past, ordinary Pakistanis used to line up on both sides of the main roads to welcome any dignitaries visiting the country, but authorities said they had to take harsh security measures because of fears of militant attacks. Only state media will be allowed to cover the meetings.
Among those attending were China’s Premier Li Qiang, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, India’s External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Iran’s First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref and the prime ministers of Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Mongolia.
In this photo released by the Press Information Department, China's Premier Li Qiang, left, walks Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, second left, upon his arrival at an airbase in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (Press Information Department via AP)
In this photo released by the Press Information Department, China's Premier Li Qiang, right, greets Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, upon his arrival at an airbase in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (Press Information Department via AP)
In this photo released by the Press Information Department, China's Premier Li Qiang, left, walks Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, upon his arrival at an airbase in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (Press Information Department via AP)
A paramilitary soldier stands guard at a barricaded road leading to Presidency, in background, and to the venue of the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Islamabad, Pakistan, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
An army vehicle moves past a welcoming billboard with portraits of China's Premier Li Qiang, center, Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and President Asif Ali Zardari, displayed along a road leading to the venue of the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Islamabad, Pakistan, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
In this photo released by the Press Information Department, visiting China's Premier Li Qiang reviews the guard of honor during a welcome ceremony, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (Press Information Department via AP)
In this photo released by the Press Information Department, China's Premier Li Qiang, third left, walks Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, third right, upon his arrival at an airbase in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (Press Information Department via AP)
In this photo released by the Press Information Department, visiting China's Premier Li Qiang, left, and Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif attend a attends a welcome ceremony, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (Press Information Department via AP)