Pakistan’s leader, lamenting what he said was the world’s indifference to civilian suffering in Kashmir, on Wednesday condemned India’s military clampdown there and said he would appeal to the United Nations for help.

“They do not understand that this can go horribly wrong,” the Pakistani leader, Prime Minister Imran Khan, said.

In August, the Indian government revoked the longstanding autonomy of the contested border region and arrested thousands of Kashmiris. It cut off phone and internet service to millions of people and imposed a curfew.

The move raised tensions between India and Pakistan, which have long been at odds over the restive region. A million troops have squared off along the disputed border, one of Asia’s tensest flash points and the source of two previous wars between the two countries.