Germany sends envoy to mediate Afghanistan election dispute --- Germany has sent an envoy to Kabul to mediate a dispute over alleged electoral fraud. The crisis has complicated security efforts to quell attacks from the Taliban, which established a foothold in the south this week. -- Germany's special envoy to Afghanistan, Michael Koch, was sent to the restive country late this week, according to the foreign ministry on Sunday. German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier decided to deploy his diplomat in an effort to calm a dispute over vote counting for the country's presidential elections. -- Koch met on Thursday with the two candidates who competed in a June 14 run-off election, according to German news magazine Der Spiegel. --According to the Spiegel report, Koch was to stress to the candidates they were on the brink of gambling away Afghanistan's "historic chance" at peace. -- Germany's Federal Foreign Office did not indicate a timeline for Koch's stay in Afghanistan. - More, http://www.dw.de/germany-sends-envoy-to-mediate-afghanistan-election-dispute/a-17745498