India, April 10 -- The National Investigation Agency (NIA) confirmed the extradition of key 26/11 Mumbai attacks accused Tahawwur Hussain Rana from the United States on Thursday.

Tahawwur Rana, a key associate of another Mumbai attacks mastermind, David Coleman Headley, was lodged in a US jail after being arrested in October 2009 in a separate case. He had helped Headley secure a visa and SIM cards when the LeT man visited India during the planning phase of the attacks in 2006.

The Indian authorities made a sustained effort to get Rana extradited since his role in one of the deadliest attacks on the country's soil came to light. 166 people lost their lives when 10 terrorists associated with Lashkar-e-Taiba held India's financial capital...