 Jaswant Singh, the then Minister for External Affairs, writes in his book "A Call To Honour – In Service of Emergent India" that the Kaluchak incident was the last straw that almost led to war between India and Pakistan (see "2001-2002 India-Pakistan standoff"), and was the closest that Pakistan and India came to war.Indian Union Minister of State for External Affairs Omar Abdullah blamed Pakistan for this massacre and argued for escalating the response against Pakistan, citing the "sheer barbarity" of the attack.Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Farooq Abdullah also blamed Pakistani intruders, calling them "animals."