Welcoming the conviction of the 26/11 Mumbai-attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed, US called it as an important step-towards holding the LeT accountable. "Today's conviction of Hafiz Saeed and his associate is an important step-forward both towards holding LeT accountable for its crimes, and for Pakistan in meeting its international-commitments to combat terrorist-financing," Acting Assistant-Secretary of State for South and Central-Asia Alice G Wells said.