The first statement from the US after Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, the mastermind of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack, was released from jail on April 10.

Nisha Desai Biswal, who is the Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, in the Obama government, said today that terrorism, wherever it takes place -- inside Pakistan, inside Afghanistan or inside India -- is not acceptable.

"When this (Lakhvis) release occurred, the Secy of state also personally made a phone call to urge that efforts be made to re-arrest and to ensure he (Lakhvi) doesn't roam free.

"The need for those responsible for Mumbai terror attacks to be brought to be justice, thats the goal we share with India.

"There is no such thing as good terrorists or bad terrorists. There are only terrorists and support for terrorists of any kind is not acceptable."

On April 10, Lakhvi was released from the Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi after the Lahore High Court suspended his detention under a security act.

India lodged a strong protest over the release, saying the negative development reinforced the perception that Pakistan has a dual policy on dealing with terrorists.

Lakhvi, a close relative of LeT founder and JuD chief Hafiz Saeed, was arrested in December 2008 and was indicted along with the six others on November 25, 2009 in connection with the case.

He and six others -- Abdul Wajid, Mazhar Iqbal, Hamad Amin Sadiq, Shahid Jameel Riaz, Jamil Ahmed and Younis Anjum -- have been charged with planning and executing the Mumbai attack in November, 2008 that left 166 people dead.