ISLAMABAD, Aug. 24 -- The New York Times in a new report has exposed Indian atrocities in occupied Kashmir after the occupying forces arrested more than 2,000 people in the valley with no recourse since the abrogation of Article 370.

"Bringing Kashmir to heel has been a Hindu-nationalist dream" - the only Muslim-majority state that India annexed on August 5, setting off a grave crisis in the disputed region, the paper said in a comprehensive dispatch published Friday.

"Kashmir was an obvious sore for the nationalist political movement that has flourished among India's Hindu majority, powering [Prime Minister Narendra] Modi's stunning rise," NYT said.

"For decades," it said, "Kashmir has been racked by militancy, oppression and unrest. Ka...