[img]http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100710/capt.f143ef1133794e5787765adc9c882119-f143ef1133794e5787765adc9c882119-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=2OhWLrg2ZC6gOx_ZYbnqiA--[/img]AP - Six American service members and at least a dozen civilians died in attacks Saturday in Afghanistan's volatile east and south, adding to a summer of escalating violence as Taliban militants push back against stepped-up operations by international and Afghan forces.