Two years on from the Paras' first deployment, the British had substantially more forces and better equipment.
In their first six-month deployment, the paras fired about half a million rounds.
After their initial six-month tour, the Paras returned to Helmand in 2008.
Mr Cook was speaking in response to Sunday newspaper reports that British paras could fight alongside American troops surrounding the Taleban in Kandahar.
The Marines and the paras insist that they both have unique skills and that a merger would damage both of their special qualities.
Paras Jain, the state's food minister, said he was going to ask the government to procure jute bags ahead of time to avoid problems.
Ian Gregory hit 42 and Paras Dogra 41 as Bridgnorth reached 136-9 against Kington - but again the weather stopped any response from the opposition.
Smaller deals followed, such as Reckitt Benckiser's purchase of Paras Pharma.
Matthew Lowe, prosecuting, said Heaver included the Paras' logo on his sponsorship forms and claimed he was travelling to Aldershot Barracks to carry out seven jumps.
Uttar Pradesh has more alleged criminals in its administration than any other state: Mr Paras is among 29 of 58 ministers charged with some kind of crime.
But the other paras tell us that there is Petroleum Revenue Tax, some horrible Brownian complexity over the taxation of the extraction companies, fuel duty and excise taxes on petrol and derv plus VAT, and then the Climate Change Levy.
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