KABUL, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) has announced to investigate the reported killing of four civilians in Kanahar, said a news release provided by the alliance on Wednesday.
"We are aware of news reports of civilian casualties in the area, and are investigating those allegations. The insurgents were engaged in a field away from dwellings or other population areas." it said.
Early this morning some 100 people from Kohat village in Arghandab district took four bodies to Kandahar city of southern Afghanistan, as a sign of protest alleging that international troops carried out air raids on the village at 01:00 a.m., which left four civilians including three children dead.
Meanwhile, the alliance in its news letter noted that, " a helicopter intercepted four insurgents on motorcycles in a field last night near Arghandab district. The helicopter engaged militants with guns and rockets, however the explosions heard by locals were caused when jugs the insurgents were carrying exploded."
Local TV reports said a suspected U.S. drone hit the house of Akramuddin, father-in-law of Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mahsud whom the Pakistani army has been hunting, killing four people including a girl in northwest Pakistan's South Waziristan tribal region on Wednesday
There was no information if Akramuddin was inside the house at the time of the attack at Zangara area of South Waziristan. Officials said that the drone destroyed the house.
According to locals, several guests were also in the house when the attack was carried out.
The U.S. drone aircraft regularly attack hideouts of the militants in Pakistan's trial region. Militants believe that Pakistani authorities provide intelligence to the U.S. for drone attacks, but the government denied the claim.
The U.S has intensified drone attacks on the tribal regions despite Pakistan's protest at a time when the security forces are engaged in major offensive against Baitulalh Mahsud in South Waziristan.
Pakistan insists that drone attacks are counterproductive and must be stopped but U.S. officials have ruled out any change in the policy.
Pakistani officials said the drone strikes have killed more than 400 people in more than 40 attacks since August 2008.
A poll commissioned by the news network Al Jazeera in Pakistan has concluded that a majority of Pakistanis believe that Pakistan's largest military aid donor, the United States, is the "biggest" threat to the country today.

The polling was conducted by Gallup Pakistan, an affiliate of Gallup International. Of the more than 2,600 Pakistanis polled 11% believed Taliban fighters to be the biggest threat, another 18% believed neighboring India to be the biggest threat to Pakistan. However, 59% (1,534) of the 2,600 Pakistanis polled believed that the United States is the biggest threat to Pakistan today.

A probable cause of resentment of the United States in Pakistan are the drone attacks, which are opposed by 66% of those polled, according to Al Jazeera. Drone attacks killed four civilians in Southern Afghanistan near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border on Wednesday, August, 5. In October, 2006, a drone attack hit a school in South Waziristan killing 80 people causing unrest in Pakistan.  

Other results of the poll showed that 67% of Pakistanis polled, oppose U.S military intervention on Pakistan soil. Another 41% support negotiations with the Taliban.  

The poll also revealed that some are dissatisfied with the current government of Pakistan, showing only 11% support for the current president, Asif Ali Zardari.    

A sample size of 2662 people (52% men and 48% women) across all four Pakistani provinces was utilized for face-to-face questioning. The poll was conducted on July 26 and 27, 2009 and is considered accurate to the 95% confidence level with a margin of error of +/- 2-3%.