Doctors told reporters that the boy had cheated his way into the country and that his injuries were consistent with those of a mine victim.
In telling reporters that he was injured in a strike by US forces on Sunday night, Assadullah just wanted to make sure that he could cross through Pakistan's tight border controls to receive better medical treatment.
He was not a victim of the US attack on the Taleban, protectors of Osama bin Laden, the prime suspect in last month's suicide strikes on the United States.
But he was among the frightened, the ill and the injured who have resorted to subterfuge to get out of Afghanistan.
Assadullah and his companions were among the few that the Taleban allowed to cross the border on Monday.
Most people were turned back when trying to enter or leave Afghanistan, and the Taleban appeared to be allowing only trucks carrying goods to cross into Pakistan.
Pakistan's military ruler, General Pervez Musharraf, has stressed repeatedly that Pakistan will not open its border to an exodus of Afghan refugees fleeing the war.
This is because it already plays host to more than two million and its resources do not allow it to accept any more.
But officials of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, preparing for an exodus from Afghanistan, have said they are optimistic that Islamabad will cooperate with them if and when a humanitarian problem develops.
- REUTERS
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