Originally posted by the Voice of America. Voice of America content is produced by the Voice of America, a United States federal government-sponsored entity, and is in the public domain. Rights Commission: Afghan War Kills 1,325 Civilians This Year VOA News 08 August 2010 An Afghan rights group says more than 1,300 civilians in Afghanistan have been killed so far this year, an increase of about five percent over this time last year. Afghanistan's Independent Human Rights Commission said Sunday the Taliban is responsible for 68 percent of the 1,325 deaths, while Afghan and NATO troops were to blame for 23 percent.  Meanwhile, NATO said three U.S. service members were killed Saturday in two separate attacks in southern Afghanistan - two died in an insurgent attack, while the third was killed in a bomb blast. In northeastern Afghanistan, a Christian aid group said Saturday gunmen killed 10 of its members, including six Americans, a German and a Brit who were bringing medical care to Afghan villagers. Authorities also found the bodies of two Afghan members of the medical team. International Assistance Mission director Dirk Frans says Afghan officials informed him Saturday they had found the bullet-riddled bodies of the aid workers near a forest in Badakhshan province. Afghanistan's Taliban movement claimed responsibility for the deaths. A Taliban spokesman accused the medical workers of trying to spread Christianity.  Two Afghan members of the medical team survived, including one who said he begged the gunmen for his life by reciting verses of the Koran. International Assistance Mission denies trying to spread Christianity. Frans said he last heard from the 12-member team Wednesday as it was returning to Kabul from an eye clinic in Nuristan province. He said the team traveled through neighboring Badakhshan believing it to be safer. Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP . .